Truck Stuck On RR Crossing, Train At 5 Track Crossing, How Trackmobiles Work In Circleville, Ohio!

Truck Gets Caught Between The Gates At Railroad Crossing With TrackMobile Train Passing! 5 Track Railroad Crossing With Norfolk Southern Trains In Circleville, Ohio. 2 Track Mobiles Pulling Heavy Cars & How Track Mobiles Work. How Grain Cars Get Loaded With Corn, TrackMobile Tires Spinning. CSX coal train flying past included with the Norfolk Southern trains in the same area. Industrial spur included with a locomotive running down the spur. More on that in Part 2. This is Part 1.
These trains are all in the Circleville, Ohio area which is about 25 miles south of Columbus, Ohio. The first train is an eastbound coal train zipping over the railroad crossing by the Cargill plant. An eastbound manifest follows at a crossing just a few blocks south. These trains are going geographically south but railroad east.
Next, I got lunch and headed a few miles north of town to an area where the CSX and NS lines go parallel. There is a dirt road between the tracks that goes for miles. It used to be a trolley line years ago. I got a fast loaded CSX coal train heading towards Columbus, Ohio. After that train passed I decided to see if the dirt road was passable. I kept driving and driving and there was nowhere to turn around so I just kept going. The road was under water most of the distance due to recent heavy rains. The ruts were very deep and I had to drive on top of the rutts in some places to prevent bottoming out. I have four wheel drive and shovel with me and I have dug myself out before but it was still a little hairy. There is no way that an average size car would make it on this road. I drove all the way to where it joined another road. At this point we see a fast Norfolk Southern manifest fly by with two DPUs on the rear. I also show the defect detector and feature the audio.
After that I headed back to town. I checked out an industrial spur track that dead ends at a customer with 4 tracks at the end. This is an old track that is partially under water. In Part 2 I will show a train with 5 cars and a female conductor go over this spur. That video will be awesome son!
Anyway, the next thing we see is an eastbound train at the 5 track railroad crossing. There is an ancient railroad building next to the tracks and we take a look inside.
Next, I go over to the gigantic Cargill grain elevators to watch some grain car switching live action. There are 2 remote control Track Mobiles here and we see how they work. One of them is spinning the wheels. We also see it run on the road which is interesting.
There is too much stuff in this video to list it all. When the TrackMobile takes 6 loaded cars over the crossing a truck tries to beat the gates and gets stuck in the middle. I know he was embarrassed so I didn't dwell on that very much.
I also show the GP38-2 running down the industrial spur and we have the pets and slide show. Don't forget to watch Part 2! I got lucky to catch a 5 car train of potash on that spur. Part 2 won't be as long but it will have some cool stuff. This entire video was filmed with Camera #3
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[@kencarp57]

Found this on the net about NS 1800: 'The latest in Norfolk Southern’s DC to AC conversion program is SD70ACC 1800, seen here fresh out of the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Penn. Originally built in 1994 as EMD SD70 #2537, 1800 was rebuilt by Progress Rail’s facility in Muncie, Indiana, to include a new safety cab and electrical upgrades to provide AC traction. The yellow color represents Progress Rail's parent company, Caterpillar. The unit will work in revenue service across the NS system."

[@BeeLineEast]

Cool thanks for the information. I will be on the look out for it on the N/S Harrisburg east line I got the 4002 4003 and 4005 on that line.

[@poowg2657]

All top loading facillities where workers have to be on top of cars are now mandated by OSHA to have fall protection consisting of a harness and fall arrester mechanism with all of the inspections and paperwork that go with it. Back in the 90s when I started working at the local papermill we were just expected to climb up the car ladders to do our job. One came to be very careful and I always respected the height I was working at. We were expected to do this in all weather incuding blizzards and thunderstorms. There is a mechanism on the trackmobile to shift weight by lifting up on the car coupler to transfer more weight to prevent slipping but that only goes so far. Great video with a cool location, liked it a lot. Thanks JT!

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

I can feel an achy back for the guy up top and loading cars.

[@keontemorris6012]

Good Morning All

[@michaelhewitt258]

Good Morning 🌅🌄

[@bhuff123]

The track mobile deserves an academy award for best train action of the year

[@carolthompson9669]

Good morning everyone!! Have a nice day!!!

[@michaelhewitt258]

Good Morning 🌅🌄

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Good afternoon Carol

[@jeffmurphree2937]

The track mobiles were a great catch! I never seen that operation before. Only one person is needed to do all that work. Based on the number of empty hoppers seen in the distance, it looks like a long day for that worker. Thanks for sharing!

[@NewYorkStateRailfan]

Good morning everyone

[@michaelhewitt258]

Good morning 🌅🌄

[@charlottecunningham2141]

Good afternoon

[@alexyomarmontesmaldonado7160]

Good morning guys

[@michaelhewitt258]

Good Morning 🌅🌄

[@alexyomarmontesmaldonado7160]

@@michaelhewitt258 what train is that?

[@danielulz1640]

One of your most interesting videos.

[@JawTooth]

Wow, thanks

[@garymiller5937]

They're lucky to them to move cars around with. I used to to use a John Deere tractor to pull tank cars around with.

[@sntrainzchaserguy6883]

I know that grain elevator in Circleville Ohio. That's a big Cargill grain elevator right by the railroad tracks!!! I love the videos of your pets and the trains too.

[@JawTooth]

Very cool!

[@train1962]

That's a good place to catch trains.

[@slimonion1975]

i like those track mobiles first time seeing them work they are cool to watch

[@DavidBeckerSr]

WOW! GREAT TRAIN ACTION! But the Grain filling option WAS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION!❤😂 KUDO’s JT on sticking it out to film the Grain action! GREAT FIND!! Maybe one of your BEST EVER!❤

[@paconrail1238]

Great shot of the loaded vs unloaded springs

[@johnsterling7420]

Awesome video JT, love those coal trains, watching the loading of the grain cars pretty cool. Thanks again.👍👌😇

[@alancrouch117]

Trackmobile was the original company name bought out by Titian. They get their pulling power by use of a hydraulic coupler that uses the weight of the covered hopper to give it downforce for traction by lifting the coupler when attached. They will not work in together because of the need to lift for teaction 49:21

[@peterking-of7se]

loved seeing the grain cars being loaded.great vid

[@garymiller5937]

A very interesting operation loading those grain cars! 😊😊

[@mikedurhan9941]

Very educational. Thanks, Brian.

[@NewYorkStateRailfan]

Nice little town

[@garyimhoff4768]

I believe the trackmobile couplers are equipped with hydraulic cylinders that lift on the railcar for additional traction to the trackmobile drive wheels.

[@philipgreene8952]

Yes sir, It's called MAXTRAM, It adjusts to the weight of the car, and it will move up or down for best traction, this happens with every foot it takes. the front axel is hooked too, called constant mesh gearing. If the front wheel still spins it will shoot sand on the rail as well. Yes the man on the grain car was wearing a radio system .

[@paulbergen9114]

Today you started out with the heavyweights on NS and CSX and ended with the Mighty Mites of the equipment that killed off small industrial locomotives. That is an interesting elevator in that it is separated and has to move the grain up and over the street. I have never seen one equipped with remote control and I think the wheels were spinning because it was half-price time at Hardee's. I liked how it gave the grade Xing signal coming back on the street. crossing. The true classic Trackmobile would sit perpendicular to the rails and had side rods and probably could move 2 cars at most. I always chuckled about the one at the Pillsbury elevator in Glendale WI that when it needed gas or servicing drove 6 blocks down the Main Street on the tires but with siderods flailing away so thanks for this time out to look at the odd and obscure

[@ChadSimplicio]

Grain elevator workers be like, "Load 'em up, then let NS know we have a loaded train or grainers ready for pickup!"

[@brianhickey5949]

Very cool! This is the first time i have seen grain loaded :) I bet that guy in the pickup felt a bit odd being trapped between tracks.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching! He had to be embarrassed lol

[@tytn9978]

the truck driver was lucky that his back-end was clear of the train!

[@alanwbelcher]

I always keep my back end clear.

[@cjcompton9410]

@@JawToothgreat video

[@UneekSaltyAF]

Thank you for showing the track mobile. My husband uses a track mobile at his place of employment and I've always wanted to see it in action! Thank you!

[@russelltrupia4479]

You have the BEST railroad videos on youtube, another awesome video JT👍👍👍👍

[@jimhenry9368]

Great video Mr Jawtooth. Excellent choice showing what goes on when moving and loading grain cars. I look forward to watching your videos. Thanks.

[@MrThecroatian]

It's funny, at one point in the video, you got confused about direction. First you said you were north of Circleville, and then you said you were south of it. Well, anyway, that was cool seeing those trackmobiles at work.

[@norfolksouthernrailway9901]

Fantastic train good video🇺🇸🤭 Greetings from Italy 🇮🇹😎

[@Jacob_Gamer7677]

I like these 50 minutes videos😎

[@jeffmiller4324]

This was a fun watch JT. Alot of great action. I remember years ago, those then N&W trains booking through there. And, health dept shut down that Hardee's. I hope they can correct the issues and open back up soon...

[@Rlotpir1972]

Too bad that Hardee's didn't have a drive-thru access for trains. What if an engineer wants a burger and fries?

[@JRNipper]

The BN train crew would always stop in my hometown of Mora, MN to have lunch at the famous Sportsman's Cafe on hwy 65 which gave me time to look over their train as a kid back in the 70's. They would pull past the RR crossing then back up in order to turn the RRxing flashers off and park their loco right across the street from the cafe. Saw a great number of all sorts of cars and roadnames as they shuttled cars between the Hinckley interchange and the St. Cloud repair shops every day as well as provide service to all the industries on the line...which was sadly taken up in the 80's.

[@philipgreene8952]

@@JRNipper Hello JR I remember those days, in Milaca, then they got rid of rail, ties, signals everything, now the area is for snow mobiles.

[@Trains_Storms]

I work at hardees in Harrisburg PA

[@gratzmyers3242]

We had a diner near the 6 track crossing in Del Rio, TX. Always a dinner and a show there! Train crews often ate there!

[@glennyork6800]

Neat, loved seeing the grain cars being loaded. Noticed that fully loaded the trap doors at bottom of grain cars are very close to the tracks.

[@Woodsman991]

Another excellent video, loved the grain loading segment. Fun to watch and very informative.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@garymiller5937]

I'm thoroughly surprised there was no DPU on the hopper car train. It was long! Only the 2nd 200+ car train I've ever seen. ❤😊😊😊

[@robertmace8261]

That very first train has to be the longest train I have ever saw !

[@danslejardindecytrus]

Merci beaucoup pour cette très belle vidéo comme toujours ! 👍🙏

[@BrianPhillips-le3gl]

Thanks for showing this side of railroading when they were loading the cars at the grain elevator. A sight some of us would never have seen otherwise if not for you! Railroading keeps America going!!❤ ,

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lottowin]

Thank you for making and streaming one of your Best railroad videos ever, and for always including your wonderful fun to watch pets, they're great.

[@nimblehealer199]

I've been working on the railroad all the live long day. I've been working on the railroad watching Jawtooh videos every day.

[@JawTooth]

That is awesome!

[@nimblehealer199]

@@JawTooth I'm honored by your approval. It may not be as entertaining as your videos, but I make do with what I have.

[@Nano-pj4lh]

Thanks for the hint about Circleville's friendly annual event. Will the record for the biggest pumpkin dating from 2014 be broken this year?

[@richgerber3524]

Dr Leggit might have a new record

[@tmwinkler]

Another fine video Jaw Tooth; thanks for sharing! So, I've heard you talk about the compressed springs before, and that's how you know the car is loaded. But @33:45, you give a great example of "loaded vs. unloaded" springs. Great comparison! Thanks again!

[@tmwinkler]

Again at 47:25. cool.

[@Carolb66]

This has to be one of your best JT, so interesting how they fill the trains with grain, great train catches as well! So enjoyed it thank you. ❤😊

[@JRNipper]

Of all the jobs I had at the Soo/CP roundhouse in St. Paul, running the trackmobile was the best. Didn't want anything to do with it at first, but after getting used to re-railing it after traveling from one shop to another, it was great. Usually just moved dead locos under heavy maintenance between service shops.

[@carolmcallister1908]

Don't k,ow if you noticed but that was an ugly storm behind you

[@philipgreene8952]

Brian, what a wonderful day in the neighborhood in circleville, and that's because of you, SON! If Hollywood wasn't on strike, you would be inline for an award. This podcast is over the TOP.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for your comments and support!

[@georgettedebuhr2660]

Loved the grain loading segment. Interesting to watch. That guy must have felt embarrassed being caught between the gates. Have a nice day 😊🌈

[@larryreynolds8580]

Great job. I've never seen the trackmobiles before. Thank you JT 👍

[@sarge4455]

That is one beautiful city

[@user-ef4nb4xd9f]

This one is one of the best ,like the corn loading,thanks for sharing.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@jeffreygosselin7576]

Excellent job on this video Brian. Love the track mobile(s). You have many great videos on your channel. Cool 😎 stuff. 👍

[@JawTooth]

Awesome thank you!

[@rogertemple7193]

Circleville is a nice looking city with a great railroad track running through it and a lot of train action also people trying to get across the tracks and not making it, but I really like seeing the cat, dogs and other pets and the slide show as well Thank You for another great video of trains and pets.👍 🤠🐶🐱 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🇺🇲💨

[@leeroth5604]

A wonderful video sir!! I spent a lot of time in Circleville as a kid in the 60s and 70s, here are a few memories of thst era: 1) About where the green pickup sits at 22:27 (Court and Huston) , long ago (N&W days) there used to be a small two-story tower there, but closer to the twin main tracks - mere feet from the tracks and Court St. As a kid, the tower operator used to let me sit up there and watch trains. I got to watch him prepare "train orders" to be placed trackside for pickup by the engine, caboose, or both. Oddly... a bell would ring when a train neared the crossing and the operator had to manually throw a switch to activate the gates. I also would fetch milkshakes for the tower operator from the the DQ a block north at Court St. and Ohio St. - the DQ is still operating there! 2) The PRR used to cross there, in a SW (ran to Washington C.H.) to NE (ran to Lancaster) direction. Today, there is a switch that connects the NS main to the PRR remnants to the northeast; that little connection did not exist years ago. 3) In May of 1978, I visited Circleville and at this very crossing there was a massive derailment. A northbound coal train was headed north towards Columbus, and the lead locomotive had rolled over and a huge number of loaded coal cars piled up behind it, resulting in the crossing being completely blocked. 4) Some years back, there were even more concrete grain silos then there are now, but I am not sure when those were torn down. 5) There were more numerous track signals back then. 6) At the Main St. Crossing ( N&W/ NS) around 1968, they experimented with using red-orange neon tubing on the crossing gates instead of fixed red lights - maybe for 6 months or so. Later, the gates were reverted to traditional red lights.

[@ashtonnelson2624]

Wow! This was very cool to read about! Thank you for sharing! Hanging with a tower operator must've been a true highlight and I'm sure those experimental crossing lights sure looked interesting! Have a good day👍

[@MichaelPlayz306]

The horn at 1:56 is just odd

[@Afterburner2]

One of your best vids ever, I reside in Chillicothe and my brother lives in Circleville so it's all so familiar and good to see, there's still a small bit of siding in town that once was remnants of Pennsy that ran thru the heart of town, great job👍💎

[@richardcrouse4644]

Never have seen a track vehicle before. Very good design for loading & unloading material.

[@user-tl3re6uv2u]

I was very inpressed with the track mobile loading. I usually see grain trains in Harrington, Del and Eastern shore Md..

[@pogojoe7967]

JT, that was a White and Green color scheme Norfolk Southern loco!? That was great to see. Liked the Mobile Locomotive.

[@budgetwebsiteservice]

Great catch! First time I've seen a trackmobile driving that's not on the rails.. Looking at the setup, I don't think that the saftey wire is in case he falls off the car, but more a saftey feature in case he should fall in the car through the loading hatch...

[@philipgreene8952]

What a wonderful indifference, But it's for both osha demans it.

[@SimonsEMDProductions]

Now I understand what you were trying to explain about small vehicle pulling the grain hoppers. Very interesting. Cool catch on the NS 1800! That is one of the yellow DC to AC conversions NS has.

[@sherrymcghee8315]

❤❤❤ Awesome video JT it's amazing perfect filming love your fur babies I enjoyed watching 😲❤❤❤

[@JawTooth]

You are so kind

[@fredeisen7401]

Great catch Jaw Tooth! That was really cool watching the track mobiles and loading the cars! Thanks for sharing.

[@garymiller5937]

Fantastic video today JT! ❤❤😊😊😊

[@DennisW19copyy-lg1du]

I liked the track mobiles, good job.

[@JawTooth]

Thanks! I might film them again soon since this video is getting a good response . I didn't know if ppl would be interested or not

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for todays video. Enjoy the weekend., 🙂👍🇺🇸

[@thaddaeuswilson3248]

I love to watch your videos, JT because you get to see small town American, the real American. There is something about rural town that lets the real country be seen. It might be the peacefulness of what you see.

[@ericdelgado3395]

That line between those tracks were to an old interurban line !! And you caught a NS "YELLOW MANE" LOCOMOTIVE That's great I've gotten the " Blue Mane" locomotive NS is sorta copying the old Santa Fe that had Red Warbommets Yellow Warbonnents and Blue warbonnets!! The reds were just known as warbonnets because they were originals but the Yellow 'Bonnets and Blue 'bonnets came after the originals!! You've captured a ton of cool items in this one video!! I didn't know you were interested in trains back in BGSU !!

[@richgerber3524]

The old building must have been for a hand cart or something. There are railroad tracks in the floor and ramp to the building

[@garymiller5937]

Cool CSX coal with the DPU! 😊😊

[@SantaFe19484]

Totally amazing! This is the first time I have seen in detail of how Trackmobiles operate. There is a third manufacturer of vehicles like this called Rail King.

[@ket0_t0ne39]

Have run a trackmobile a few times...at a factory I worked at, You were able to lift up on the coupler of the car...and gain traction..

[@michaelmcginn1706]

Great video, Brian. I loved it!!!!❤😊

[@BF-qt2wp]

Awesome video keep up with a great work and be safe out there

[@michaelhewitt258]

JawTooth 👌👌 Another AWESOME video

[@waltersims493]

From Deb…Absolutely EPIC upload! Never heard of those shuttles before, loved watching filling of grain cars. Thanks so much JT!!

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@JimAlderson-cn6ek]

I think I can I think I can loved the humping of the grain cars great switching action

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching!

[@robertadams6606]

Most Grain/ Feed mills have Trackmobiles to move cars around. or sometimes they'll have a switcher.

[@terrygraham5901]

It's like little engine 🚂 said I can pull it over the hill and love yours baby dogs and cat train 🚂🚂🚂🚂 Horn sounds good to

[@45Deere9500]

Have seen one Trackmobile pulling, one pushing, before. It was at the grain elevator when they were a fair number of cars at once. Haven't seen one hooked directly to another.

[@marksykes8722]

16:49 That lane keeps the riff raff out

[@jerrymolinari9001]

Is there a certain rule or formula of where to put certain cars on a train and in what order, thank you JT. Another great video.

[@budgetwebsiteservice]

Yes there are...

[@Hyrev1]

Fantastic video JT! Very interesting watching the grain car loading! 🚂🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸

[@jscott5091]

The road you were on is for the Power Company line crews to help maintain the power lines you were under.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Long train was great second train awesome enjoyed the video hi chessie

[@kimscheie]

Such a kool job ...feeding the world ! Kool tugboat engines ...Thx Jt harvest is on

[@johnpiatt931]

This is the kind of thing I would like to see more, the loading of cars.

[@bryan2523]

Another great set of clips. Impossible to believe that the small engine pulled on a sideline. Thanks.

[@JawTooth]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@martyhardman3892]

Great video. Thank you.

[@jasongroves177]

Another Great Video from you Jawtooth... Keep up the Great Work! Glad you made it to Circleville Again... Take care...

[@JawTooth]

Thanks for watching !

[@ebf82234]

Well, JT...this is one of your "primo" Ohio editions...and I say that with good reason. When I lived in Athens as an Ohio University student (back in the early 1970's), friends and I made the annual trek to Circleville for their Pumpkin Festival. What a great "trip back in time" this was. Your segment on the "Trackmobiles" was terrific...never knew they can be remotely controlled. You may not know this, but the same can be said for CSX's "SpongeBob" GP40 and SD40 rebuilds...they, apparently, have remote-control capability, as well..note the decals (stating so) affixed to their hoods, and the amber strobe lights mounted atop their cabs. One last note...in your slide show, you captured a Triple Crown "RoadRailer" van parked in the background, behind an NS Geep running light @48:39!! Awesome (Ohio) video... 👍👍👏👏

[@garymiller5937]

It's hard to imagine that trackmobile has enough weight to move multiple full cars. 😮

[@philipgreene8952]

The Titan can have tractive effort of over 49,500 lbs. on every application, that's alot of cars.

[@robertheinkel6225]

It tries to pick up the coupler to get more weight on the wheels.

[@nancyhodges444]

I have to say, I’m very impressed of these track mobiles. The strength of these small vehicles is amazing. I’ve always wondered how they can pull stings of freight cars. And of course I really hate to be that pickup truck driver lol. Nice job JT.

[@niobraraterminalrailroad2709]

Track mobiles are low horsepower high torque,

[@beeble2003]

They lift up the front car slightly, so its weight is pressing the Trackmobile's wheels onto the track.

[@ShowThemOHIOsHere]

Circleville is a great town. I passed by a CSX local on 23 last time I was down there. That NS line in town is quite busy, too.

[@jonwatt678]

Good Morning to All..

[@michaelhewitt258]

Good Morning 🌅🌄

[@byronsmith339]

the beauty of that first train with brand new NS railcars untouched by graffitti . your channel sustains me JT

[@artreid8658]

This was a really interesting video. Thanks again for sharing it.

[@karlmckinney8469]

Interesting track mobile action

[@markwalker1144]

You did some mudding today! Great video, cool watching them load the trains! Got to idiots too. Thanks for the video! Roll on

[@JawTooth]

Thanks 👍

[@mccoy79productions66]

great place to railfan here, gonna hit this place sometime with the NS and CSX! thanks for info!