Watch Amtrac of Maryland Tamping Track on Curve 32

Up close views of Tamping Track with Amtrac. See how the tamper
lifts track and squeezes ballast under the ties. Amtrac (c) of Maryland is
a railroad contractor and not the Amtrak (k) passenger service.
We are on curve 32 tamping track today. Watch also the video on
Crib Sweeping a Bad Mud Spot on Curve 32:
• Crib Sweeping a Really...
How a Jackson Tamper lines and surfaces track:
• How a Jackson 6700 Tam...
Check out my other You Tube channel with more cool railroad and
rail fanning videos along with other adventures Dave has:
/ @thatsdavesotherdoings
Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
spokes person for Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine. Any viewpoints,
opinions or anything that I show in the videos, or write in the video
descriptions or any answer to any comment, should NEVER be
misconstrued or interpreted as being in any way shape or form,
any kind of official or unofficial statement from Iron Senergy,
Iron Cumberland, Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management,
any of the contractors that may be shown in any video, nor of
any of my fellow co-workers.
Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the
descriptions, or in any answer to a comment is strictly that of my
own and NOT an official or unofficial statement or viewpoint that
Iron Synergy or any one at Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine
necessarily has or makes.
Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as our current
owners. Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Senergy,
Cumberland Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors
that may be shown. Thank You, Dave
#tampingtrack#amtrac#tamper

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Amtrack of Maryland has a REAL good crew. They came in, didn't waste a millisecond, and got the work done! Glad Iron Senergy is still investing in the upkeep and rehabilitation of the track! Thanks for taking us along as always my friend!

[@Bassotronics]

Amtrac 😄

[@BILLBADASHAW2011]

@@Bassotronics OK PROFESSOR !!!!!!!!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Shane and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jughead8988]

Old boy running that tamper sure isn't waiting no time!

[@ccrx6700]

No he isn't Jughead, he gets right with the program. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@clarencewiles963]

I never thought of a rail needing to be lifted up. But all things need to be leveled up and balance thanks for sharing your experience 😊

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Clarence and you are welcome. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Eddy63]

Dave , your the only channel that lets us get up close and personal with the goings on of running a railway company ... Thx to you and the owners

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Eddy and glad you are enjoying the home movies. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@robertf3479]

Always interesting to see the "railroading" that most fans never get a chance to see. Always a pleasure Dave. Hope "Mrs. Dave" had a good Mother's Day and you as well.

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Robert, glad you enjoyed. My mom is 91 and still with us and yes she did have a good day. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@robertf3479]

@@ccrx6700 My own Mom left us seven or eight years ago and as you and I are much the same age I didn't consider yours might still be with us. My deepest regards and respects to both your Wife and Mother.

[@ccrx6700]

@@robertf3479 👍😊

[@dalelinton7716]

This crew got the job done!

[@ccrx6700]

You are right about that Dale, appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@SteveMikre44]

Dave, Thank you for recording this great look of Amtrac tampering the the track. It's amazing technology and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this episode...

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Steve and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jmstew642]

Really do appreciate you taking the time to video and explain... Very interesting!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed this one J M and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@morse2795]

You sure do an awesome job with the camera Dave. All this railroad work is so cool to watch. I'm really glad you take the time to record and narrate all this for us viewers.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment William and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brianhickey5949]

Very impressive! I am learning that track maintenance is ongoing. There isn't a lot of rest as there is always something that needs to be done. You chose an excellent profession! Tamping, cribbing, spiking, switch maintenance, ballast, track repair/replacement, etc., and all in whatever the weather brings that day. Much respect, sir!

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Brian. Railroading here for me is a whole lot of variety and that's nice. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Randy. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@DanielParadis-sr5nh]

Thank you for sharing Dave! Have a great rest of your week!

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Daniel. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@briankemp5206]

Great video Dave! He's making fast work tamping!

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Brian, glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@nealgold8442]

Great video Dave!! Thanks for being us along.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Neal and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thanks, Mr. Dave, very enjoyable.

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Rev. Harry and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@YoDooDSup]

This channel and Distant Signal are the two best KZbinrs I think for this industry that I’ve found thus far.

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment YoDooDSup, glad you are enjoying. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@fredeisen7401]

Really enjoyed this video Dave. Very interesting as usual.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Fred and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Paw95]

Looking really good sir!!

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Preston and yes it is. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@trainman2k]

"Up close and professional" is how this video could be tagged. It's such a blessing to me and others similar to me, who seem to always have a hunger for learning something (even if they know they'll never use the knowledge), to see and learn a bit about how so many 'little' things need to happen before the big picture is presented as we have come to know it. Railroading, like so many things in life, always has a lot more happening behind the scene than in the scene itself. Please send a huge "Thank You" to Cumberland Mine officials for allowing you to show us so much about what it takes to successfully operate a short line railroad. So glad they are willing to spend money of the track - prevents many problems and reduces the injury rate for employees. You're a get educator, Dave. Thank you again as well for sharing your knowledge with us. "God's gift may be someone you least expect it to be"

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much for the very nice comment Trainman2K. That was very thoughtful and kind of you to say that. It's always a pleasure for me to be able to share these videos and you are right, we are very fortunate they allow me to make them. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a really good day my friend.

[@rodneydavis324]

Dave absolutely loved this video. Thanks for sharing it!

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad you enjoyed this Rodney. Thanks so much for stopping by tonight to watch. A few weeks ago you had asked me to show a video on them unloading MOW equipment so here is a link to a video I made a few years ago on that. Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXeWfIqEnpuVnpY

[@rodneydavis324]

@ccrx6700 Dave I watched the unloading video. Awesome! Thanks for sharing it. I can see that it makes sense to truck the equipment around. The MOW equipment would be too slow to move by rail plus complicated by having specific railroad personnel to control it. Again you have been my teacher. Have Blessed Day!

[@ccrx6700]

@@rodneydavis324 👍😊

[@beverlymichael5830]

Keeping your trains safe with excellent maintenance. And they have you to keep a sharp eye on the track. Thanks for the video.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Beverly and your welcome. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@peteengard9966]

It's amazing how tamping smooths out the dips and waves. Good job Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Pete and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@xki3000]

I can't help but imagine what effort it took to get this done before there was machinery to do it. Ya gotta love MOW in action! Thanks Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Patrick, but no one misses hand jacking track and tamping with bars or shovels. We do like these tampers. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@michaelball760]

Today was the last day of tamping for us. Rail worx tamped 30 miles for us, they did good work. It looks and feels better now.

[@ccrx6700]

It's nice to watch someone else do all the tamping for a change isn't it Michael. I know that feeling ... :-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brentgreen9364]

Very cool closeup of tamping in action. You’ve got an awesome job.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Brent and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@tomedgar4375]

Thanks Dave, enjoyed the show.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Tom and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@donnieenfusse9038]

Great video Dave and as always you are so informative on what you guys are doing. Thank you for bringing us along for another great day at the railroad 🛤️. Take care and blessings

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Donnie and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Bassotronics]

I should work as a supervisor. I can stare at that thing work all day. 👍🏻☺️

[@ccrx6700]

Your hired Bassotronics, just be sure you pay me thru dinner every day and we'll get along fine.... :-) Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Bassotronics]

@@ccrx6700 Lol. No problem boss. :)

[@raymondsprengelmeyer1278]

Thank you for sharing Dave! You really have to learn a lot to work on the railroad!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Raymond and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@mikewallace9448]

More than the content of your videos, I enjoy your joyful approach to life you reveal in these videos. Sometimes we only need to see a smiling face to change our day. Thank You for taking the time to share you life and your job with us.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Mike and glad you are enjoying. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@patricknoveski6409]

Oh , So thats how you get the track to go where you want it. Very cool machine. Imagine how hard that job would be without the machine. Gnarly. Thanks for showing.

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it is Patrick, tampers are amazing at how they can lift and line track and add in the curve's super elevation. Sure is a whole lot easier than hand jacking track and tamping with bars or shovels! Glad you could take time out to watch and write in my friend.

[@lewistodd9242]

Good morning Dave. It was great watching the tamper working from outside the vehicle. Have a great day.

[@ccrx6700]

I enjoyed it too Lewis, I'm always inside the cab tamping and never get to see it outside. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@davenitsch6094]

Great closeup action of the tamper Dave, thanks so much!

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Dave and it is pretty cool to see it work that close up. Glad you enjoyed my friend.

[@gogetthegoose1]

Thanks for the video. It's nice to see the outside of the tamping machine up close!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome gogetthegoose and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@lawrietaber657]

What a beautiful machine I could play with it all day thanks Dave ,best regards.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Lawrie, glad you liked the video. Appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@williamralph5442]

Looks like more ballast is in order in spots. Thanks Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Yes you are right William. We did dump new ballast on this section a few days later when we could. It's all nice and filled in now. Appreciate very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@dorothycole8611]

These big machines are just amazing!

[@ccrx6700]

You are right they are. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a really good day.

[@poowg2657]

Appreciate the typed explanations and wish more people would do that. That machine put a whole crew of track geometry surveyors out of work and it probably does their job far more accurately. Mesmerizing video, liked it a lot. Thanks Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate your saying that Poowg. I always seem to remember stuff I should have said while I'm editing the videos so it's easy to add in some text. When tampers came out it put thousands of gandies out of work, but no one wants to go back to hand jacking track and tamping in ballast with bars or shovels. Appreciate very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@poowg2657]

@@ccrx6700 Spot on.

[@harpintn]

I haven't seen one of those in operation since the 1970's Thanks for showing it again.

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Harpintn, glad you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bw6378]

Always interesting to see the work required to keep the trains running. Thanks for the video!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome BW, glad you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@rexmyers991]

Dave, In the 1950’s I watched a crew lift track using pry bars and levers, then working gravel under the ties using a strip of thin steel (looked like a saw blade used by lumberjacks). The work was done entirely by hand - no powered machinery. It was back breaking work. As a kid I could not understand what they were doing until your video today. I still love railroading. Thanks. PS I’m 81 now.

[@ccrx6700]

Those gandies back then were tough cookies Rex. No one misses hand jacking track and tamping with bars or shovels. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@KWMeikle]

Great to see up close. Thanks for posting.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed the show Kevin. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a really good day my friend.

[@donniee1934]

Thanks Dave. Really enjoy your videos. Learn something with everyone you post. Have a great one.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Donnie and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@robinroberts3335]

Hello Dave it Robin here All is well for ya . Love the jack beam so lnteresting machine smart . Love your job buddy 👍🏻😎Robin out .

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad you found this interesting Robin. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@mikep1085]

What an amazing machine. On the surface its a simple idea.... lift the track and shove rocks under the ties. But when you think about every detail that is involved with making that happen... all happening at the same time its pretty incredible.

[@ccrx6700]

You are right Mike, plus if you knew all the electronics behind making everything happen it would boggle your mind. Tampers never cease to amaze me. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Looks so good, love watching all the work you all do thank you Mr Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Barbara, glad you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ricmeister73]

You're right Dave, that is really cool stuff! Great close up views. Amazing machine as is all of the MOW equipment. Thanks again.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Ric and you are welcome. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@wilburroth5150]

Love watching those machines work! Gotta wonder what they did before those machines were invented. Thanks Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Wilbur. When tampers came out they put thousands of gandies out of work. But no one wants to go back to hand jacking track and tamping in ballast with bars or shovels. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@campy9712]

Another great video, thank you for sharing these videos. You are such a great person, always teaching us about railroads and all the things it takes to keep the rails ready to roll a train down the line.

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Campy and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@kg4muc]

Dang good crew! They get in get it and get out! It’s good your company puts the effort into making track safety a priority

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Wayne and you are right, it is so good to see money being spent on track safety. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@clarklindquist8137]

Hi Dave Great video, awesome seeing you my friend. Stay safe and blessed

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate that Clark and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@rickcooper6817]

Looking good there Mr. Dave. Hope you're doing well sir, stay safe and keep up the good work.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Rick and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@thomascardinal6192]

Always interesting thanks Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Thomas and glad you enjoyed. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@PlanetMojo]

Great video Dave! They really got to work on this job quick and got-er done!

[@ccrx6700]

You are right about that Mojo, no messing around, get er done. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@mikelockhart1827]

Dave you had a very interesting video this evening .

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed this one Mike and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

AWESOME video and enjoyed watching Dave. Have a wonderful rest of your day.(Steve)

[@ccrx6700]

Really appreciate the nice comment Steve. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@StormySkyRailProductions]

@@ccrx6700 you are very welcome!

[@jonwatt678]

That's a pretty amazing machine Dave. I've seen the view from the cab several times but, it's nice to see the outside action as well. Thanks and stay safe..

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed this one Jon and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks Dave😊

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Santafefrank. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@samuelbistline4973]

Good evening, Dave. That was the same machine they had here a Gettysburg about 6 years ago. The Tamped from biglerville to aspers. They did a great job. Men, you need to come over to Middletown pa and watch Amtrk. Amtrk is work on track 2. The wood is all coming out, and the concert ties are going in. They have about 3 Tamper. They undercut most of that track. They had to change the height of the sub grade. So that way, the penagraph would fit under the 600 volt wire. Thank dave for the video. I will be able to put this on tonight and fall asleep to the sound of the tamping.

[@rearspeaker6364]

they always used the undercutter when changing ties from wood to concrete.

[@ccrx6700]

Hope you slept well Samuel, what better sound to fall asleep by.... :-) If Amtrac was there I wonder if Jimmy was running it? Jimmy quite Amtrac last year and now works for Frontier running tamper. He's a good man. I would love to come and see them doing all that work, but kinda hard to get away working every day. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@nealwhite5602]

Nice 😅

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Neal and glad you enjoyed this one. Appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@michaelcase8574]

They sure do a very good job those boys! But not as dedicated to the line as you are, Dave! Another great one, Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Michael, glad you enjoyed. You are right they did a very good job. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@DaRealPhillyJawn]

Another awesome video Dave. Answered my question about how they get the ballast under the ties. Cool stuff! Thanks!

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad you found this interesting Da Real Philly Jawn. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@schadowolf]

Very cool!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Schadowolf. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for day at work . Mean piece of equipment. One tie at a time. Mondane Job. Later

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcomed Dan. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Nice and speedy! Great footage Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate that Eric and glad you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@@ccrx6700 Sure thing my friend!

[@bradolsen8629]

I told the kids that because they really enjoy your videos I’m talking about 12 and under age they love it. Kids are amazing you know anyway when you can get to it you’ll get to it and I told them that you get a lot of requests. I’m sure this is one that they’re really curious about, grinding the surface of track they can’t wait

[@ccrx6700]

Thanks Brad, yes it will be a long time before I get one done on rail grinding.

[@derrickanderson4932]

Very interesting as usual.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Derrick. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@michelferreyrolles6434]

belle machine dave

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Michel. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@JG40061]

Great Video Dave! 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed this one JG and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bobandbarbkozminski1578]

Very interesting video Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Bob and Barb. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@timw6928]

Fantastic machines Noisy though

[@ccrx6700]

You are right on both counts Tim. Tampers are amazing at what they can do in a short time. Thanks so much for watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@danielrongo2367]

Impressive Dave nice video

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed this one Daniel and appreciate the nice comment. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@user-yb9sr8pp9o]

Have ran Harsco (Tampers)TamperLooked like Fun thanks

[@ccrx6700]

This one was rebuilt about 3 years ago by Precision Rail Alan. It was made originally by Jackson although I don't know the year it was made. Jackson is now part of Harsco. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@tzadik36]

Thanks for this video. The principles of tamping track seem rather straightforward although the specifics of how much elevation need a lot of know-how.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Robin. I have a chart that tells me how much super elevation to put in a curve depending on the speed of the train and the degree of curvature. Then I enter that into the computer and the computer puts the super into the curve as it gets tamped. Some day I will do a video on super elevation and show that chart. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@pethuthutpet]

glad to see u r keeping yr wig tight and yr lid on dave :::)))

[@ccrx6700]

I'm trying my best pethuthutpet.... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Nice.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed RFM. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ebf82234]

Dave...you really "hit a home run" with me on this video. A couple years ago, I watched (and shot video in great detail) a Harsco Mark IV tamper (awesome machine BTW) operated by Delta Railroad under contract to the Long Island Rail Road for their massive "Third Track" project through the heart of their Nassau County mainline at Nassau Interlocking. It was an awesome "show", and I learned alot as an observer (i.e. respectful railfan). Here we are, two years later, and I'm watching another one of those marvelous machines "doin' its thing" on your railroad!! How cool is that??? I can't "thank you, thank you, thank you" enough!!!🤗💓👍👍

[@ccrx6700]

That's pretty cool EBF. I wonder if my buddy was running that tamper? He worked for Delta and ran a Mark 4. Course you have no idea who was running it I know that, but it could have been Orville. He was an excellent operator and very knowledgable about tampers. Appreciate very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ebf82234]

@@ccrx6700 Hey Dave...interesting fact about your buddy Orville. I checked my photo files (back when I recorded the Delta Mark IV tamper on the LIRR). I actually have several still photos (August 2022) of two Delta employees "boarding" the tamper, and another two inspecting the machine "on the job". Too bad I can't share 'em with you...one of them just might be your friend Orville...you never know!

[@ccrx6700]

@@ebf82234 👍😊

[@artillerest43rdva7]

the more stable the track, the safer the runs will be! great job showing how it is done! Personally I could not imagine doing that by hand, I saw an old video with 15 men with bars smoothing the tracks on Clinchfield line . guided by a Forman sighting down the track giving hand signals how to move the track. it was so neat how they sung to keep together as they did their movements. hydrologic’s are king with track maintenance! great video,stay safe and well.

[@ccrx6700]

You are right about that Barry, stable track is a safe track. Those gandies of old were really cool to watch, but glad I'm no longer part of that era of all hand work! Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@marklundeberg7006]

Every time I see these tamping machines I think of the gandy dancers. I guess it's a different sort of music now. 😀

[@ccrx6700]

Tampers when they came out put a lot of gandies out of work Mark. But no one wants to go back to hand jacking track and using bars and shovels to tamp ballast. Appreciate very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jimc4731]

That looks like a highly skilled job, does it pay well? Keep up the good work! JIM ❤

[@ccrx6700]

I'm not sure what this operator makes Jim but I figure it's around 30 an hour. The big problem with doing contract tamping is all the travel and many days you stay in a hotel all week. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@anthonypuccio9575]

There sure is a lot going on, on those tampers.

[@ccrx6700]

You are certainly right about that Anthony. All the electrical stuff going on within the machine to make everything happen would just boggle your mind. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Bryanja81]

Hey! I actually remember what the super is from my days in civil engineer schooling years ago ( that i never finished, sadly).

[@ccrx6700]

How about that Bryan, good for you. Some day I will do a video on super elevation in RR curves. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@cedarcam]

Great video Dave Like being there in real watching that loud machine. Track will be a lot smoother after that. It will be harder for the operator on your track with staggered joint bars. He will have more places the rollers will not lift the rail than if they were opposite each other, still working through fast though.

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Cedarcam. You are right, tamping jointed track is a pain, but I've done it for the past 18 years. But it sure is nice to tamp CWR. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@zztechs]

Howdy!

[@ccrx6700]

Great to have you join in with us for the tamping show Double O. May you have a very good day my friend.

[@bradolsen8629]

There was another video that I’d like to ask you to do what I realize you have a lot on your plate Dave, but I’ve had my family some family members of the younger generation. They want to learn about why railroads companies grind the surface of the track and when you can do it, you can, I understand like I said you got a lot on your plate

[@ccrx6700]

We don't grind our track because we cannot get one of those huge grinders in here Brad. NS near me does grind, they do it to restore profile to the rail head and eliminate minor surface defects such as shelling and corrugation. Some railroaders don't like the idea of grinding because it can make certain defects even worse. But almost all Class 1 RR's do have a grinding program. If I can catch the rail grinder here on NS tracks then I will do a video on it. They only come in once a year there. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Hey Dave. They had one of those giant roto tillers out by my place the other day. I almost took my rear tine Husqvarna out to watch it work lpl!

[@ccrx6700]

They are pretty neat to watch, specially when you're right there aren't they Mike. I'm sure your Husqvarna would have enjoyed seeing that... :-) Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@KC-nd7nt]

Hello hello from Baltimore. 21224 . 6 blocks from CSX

[@ccrx6700]

This tamper has done some contract tamping before for CSX although I don't know where KC, but perhaps you may have seen them at some point. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@roberttrometter5788]

Hey, my friend Dave. How many miles can you get done in tamping the track in a day of straight tamping. I am almost amazed the way the tamper can pick up the track with the tamper on it. Great video and a job well done. Thanks again, Robert

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad you found this interesting Rotbert. Most RR's consider tamping 5,000 feet in an 8 hour shift a good day. Some days you get more and some less, a lot depends on how far you have to track travel to get to the work site. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@unadillariveroutdoors9690]

Those 6700’s are a great machine for clean ballast but man when u get into mud they struggle. I’m surprised they haven’t gone with a mark iv yet

[@ccrx6700]

You are certainly right about that Unadilla. Need those PD work heads on the 6700 to tamp dry mud. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a really good day my friend.

[@Stefan_Boerjesson]

Thanks for this video Dave! Had an odd day, making 7 hours pass waiting to pick up my friend from the train station. Delayed 6 1/2 hour. Incredible. Your chearing up was very well come! Did some drone flying and editing it made me catch Your fresh video. We do have such a machine on the veteran railroad. It adjusts the track both vertically and horizontally. The last time it ran for the entire week without braking down. But does Your tamper do the same job? Not sure. You tell me!

[@ccrx6700]

Yes it does Stefan, it aligns track left or right, picks track up and also puts super elevation into the curves. Your train delay sounds like Amtrak our passenger service, delays are the norm for them. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@georgew.5639]

All of today’s railroads deep ballast their tracks. But that wasn’t always the case a hundred years ago.

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that George. Fortunately here they allow me to use a lot of ballast and always buy me more when I need it. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@TriGogglin]

Thanks for sharing this Dave, it always fascinating to watch MOW equipment in action. Allt the components and moving parts, it awesome. Do you ever have to recalibrate any sensors or the light beams. Seems with all the vibrations something would get knocked outta wack..

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Pappy, glad you enjoyed. Yes we do have to calibrate the machine. This one gets done a lot because trucking that machine around can knock things out of calibration. On mine I only calibrate when a major part is changed that is part of the lining or jacking system. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@mackfisher4487]

Dave, your tracks look so good with white stone, on the other hand when there Black it means you haling coal.

[@ccrx6700]

I guess that's a good way to put it Mack. These darn cars have made all that white black already.... sigh. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ericmintz8305]

By golly, you can see the super elevation plain as day! The operator does an impressive job. Thanks for another great video, Dave. Please keep 'em coming. I wonder about two things. First, does Synergy have a connection to the freight rail network, and if not, how on Earth do you haul in big machines like that tamper? Second, how does the tamper position itself so accurately, especially when tie spacing is not 100% uniform? Does the machine automatically sense the tie positions? If the operator has to position the machine, I'm doubly impressed.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Eric. Glad you liked this one. We do not connect with another RR so everything, including the tamper is trucked in. Tamper indexes ahead and is stopped by the operator. This machine does not have a tie finder which indexes and stops the machine automatically. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@thomasharrington5369]

🚂🚂🚂

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Tom. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@martinsipple6478]

Dave, do you remember the ole track liner that had the carriages way out front and you lined the track with the counter weight?

[@ccrx6700]

No I do not Martin. Way back we had an old Fairmont tamper here but I don't remember anything about counter weights, we did have the shadow boards and would hand crank the lights. Appreciate very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@lmcoopie]

Are you a modern gandy dancer? Enjoying your vids from Clearwater, Fla.

[@ccrx6700]

A gandie is defined as a track laborer so yes I am a gandie at times Les. Back in the early 1900's there was a company called the Gandy Manufacturing Company and they made tools for railroads. When folks saw track laborers using those tools they started calling them gandy dancers. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@dboatube]

Great view of the tamping! 1. where there was to much gravel some was getting up on top of the rail and under the metal wheels.. is that not a problem when setting height of track? also we looked on google earth at your R/R , Coal system and notice a couple things. 1. your coal gets dumped at Alicia Harbor onto barges, then those barges head up river to Labelle facility on the other side of the river. there a massive amount coal can be stored we see and read. when your coal is then loaded onto Class 1 freight line to head to the coast for export on ships, your coal then heads south along the same river route used to bring it to the Labelle facility and the train passes your Alicia Harbor port. this is 17 miles up river, offloaded, stored, reloaded to R/R then 17 miles back down river just to pass the origin of the coal. then just a few miles farther south the new R/R carrier passes just aprox 2 miles from your own Iron Synergy track. does the new owner ever plan to build a spur off your main track out to the local long distant line? you could then load your coal directly into their cars. hope this makes sense. if you had a spur out to the main line you could also bring in the giant track rehab trains that can really do a bang up job on all your track but the bridges, tunnels and road crossings. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDS!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Dboatube. That ballast that gets under the wheels gets crushed and does not affect the tamping of the track. You are right in that some of our coal goes to LaBelle, however none of that LaBelle coal goes back south on the rails, most of it goes to Baltimore. Those tracks that go south past our Alicia harbor on the north side of the river are NS tracks that CSX has trackage rights to and it's the Loveridge Secondary. Also a lot of our coal goes by barge past LaBelle and on down the Ohio River to power plants in Ohio and Kentucky. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@yellowlab5624]

How old is that equipment? Cool video , thanks ! 👍👍🚂🚂 Have a good day 👍👍😊

[@ccrx6700]

I do not know when this tamper was built Yellow Lab, but I do know it got a complete rebuild by Precision Rail about e and a half years ago. It does a good job. Thanks so much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@yellowlab5624]

@@ccrx6700 👍👍🚂😊

[@copper4441]

Hey dave

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you so much Scott for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.