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Looks like the locomotive factory in Muncie, IN is finally spitting out units http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq4--MSbuiI
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# ? Mar 22, 2012 23:29 |
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# ? Jun 3, 2024 21:54 |
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ijustam posted:Looks like the locomotive factory in Muncie, IN is finally spitting out units
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# ? Mar 23, 2012 00:28 |
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From a railroader email I received I want to share with you guys.quote:The Union required an engineer to drive the inspection cars on and off of the rails, and a conductor and a flagman were also needed
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 21:29 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:From a railroader email I received I want to share with you guys. That right there is just pure smut my friend.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 22:45 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:From a railroader email I received I want to share with you guys. hey cool. I'm there right now and took these pictures the other day: it's a big bridge.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 23:00 |
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jamal posted:hey cool. I'm there right now and took these pictures the other day:
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 23:18 |
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When I took a ride on CP 2816 from Calgary to Lethbridge, we were hoping we were going to go over the bridge to take pictures. Instead we stopped in Coalhurst, just outside town.
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# ? Apr 18, 2012 23:29 |
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jamal posted:hey cool. I'm there right now and took these pictures the other day: Kinzua Viaduct was(sadly) bigger... I went there every year for like 7 years with scouts... I should dig through my rolls of EPS film and find some good pictures when it was still North America's longest train trestle.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 00:47 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:From a railroader email I received I want to share with you guys.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 02:02 |
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BrokenKnucklez posted:
We went out the other night with an engineer trainee. We were stopped at a red, waiting on couple that were about an hour away when the engineer decided to crap in the lead engine. I jammed a brakestick against the door and left him there for the whole hour until we got a clear so he could enjoy his stench. He was apologetic and bought breakfast on the way home.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 02:02 |
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9axle posted:We went out the other night with an engineer trainee. We were stopped at a red, waiting on couple that were about an hour away when the engineer decided to crap in the lead engine. I jammed a brakestick against the door and left him there for the whole hour until we got a clear so he could enjoy his stench. He was apologetic and bought breakfast on the way home. Had a similar situation, we did this to a conductor we know very well (known him since we were teens, camped with his family, been shooting/racing together). But he was only pissing down there and we used the switchbroom. But instead of being apologetic he was more.. apoplectic. Anyhow, later while underway as revenge he threw my fireman trainees favorite hat out the window and then threw my time book out and laughed angrily. BTW, the old trick of putting a knuckle pin in a guy's bag is about to go the way of the dodo because they are now making them out of poly instead of steel.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 06:25 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:BTW, the old trick of putting a knuckle pin in a guy's bag is about to go the way of the dodo because they are now making them out of poly instead of steel. For _freight_ usage? If so polymer must have come a long way... On the flip-side there's probably several hundred thousand TONS of steel knuckle pins in service, which could be replaced by a few hundred tons of poly, with commensurate savings in fuel, eventually...
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 08:10 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:Had a similar situation, we did this to a conductor we know very well (known him since we were teens, camped with his family, been shooting/racing together). But he was only pissing down there and we used the switchbroom. But instead of being apologetic he was more.. apoplectic. Anyhow, later while underway as revenge he threw my fireman trainees favorite hat out the window and then threw my time book out and laughed angrily. I hope you hosed with him more.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 14:22 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:I am 100% positive that there is a huge, IMPOSSIBLY clear version of this photo floating around. I thought I had it saved but I can't seem to find it. This is all Tinyeye has for us, which just looks like a PS touchup.
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# ? Apr 19, 2012 18:09 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:What is a foamer you ask? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF8GhC-T_Mo "We're gonna take a look at that."
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 02:41 |
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Sponge! posted:For _freight_ usage? If so polymer must have come a long way... On the flip-side there's probably several hundred thousand TONS of steel knuckle pins in service, which could be replaced by a few hundred tons of poly, with commensurate savings in fuel, eventually... The knuckle hinge pin actually bears no load. When the knuckle is closed and the other pin, the one that locks the knuckle closed, the drawbar, and the knuckle itself bear all the load. The whole thing works fine with no hinge pin installed at all. The hinge pin is just an inert thing that bears only the pivotal load of the knuckles weight as it flips open or closed not any actual draft or buff force. Except for maybe when the knuckle fails and the pin can't bear the load and break away anyways. http://www.google.com/patents/US5630519 On a separate item. The UPRR has hired social media monitors. I was told by attorney reps at the recent union meeting that a UP employee was level 5 permanently terminated under the "conduct unbecoming" rule of the General Code of Operating Rules. This was for posting information on his Facebook about his UP manager which he got from the newpaper police blotter. This post was caught by these new social media employees and forwarded to that manager to handle the termination. I made my arguments to the attorney reps about how something that is a matter of public record can be terminable. The attorneys said the company can do whatever they want. This is because the UPRR has stated their policy clearly enough that if fired, we could possibly have no recourse at a federal mediation law board to try to get our job back. This would likely preclude any litigation for wrongful termination. The railroad lobbies heavily in DC to ensure the federal law boards are unfunded/underfunded to make sure most of these are never mediated. Here is the funny part.. these hearings also cover lots of considerations. Like where the railroad has without any good cause, refused to pay employees for work performed. For example you work 20 overtime hours and they say that you are not entitled to the pay for those hours. Then, as in some sort of twisted joke, take some of the money they did not pay these employees, and then use it to lobby to de-fund the mediation process further. edit: GENERAL CODE OF OPERATING RULES—Fifth Edition—April 3, 2005 http://www.utu1904.com/files/Download/GCOR%202005.pdf quote:1.6 Conduct Edit #2: quote:1.9 Respect of Railroad Company B4Ctom1 fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Apr 20, 2012 |
# ? Apr 20, 2012 03:42 |
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Boomerjinks posted:I am 100% positive that there is a huge, IMPOSSIBLY clear version of this photo floating around. I thought I had it saved but I can't seem to find it. Maybe you're thinking of this image, which seems to be the same car? e: Hmm. Same number, different trim. Reproduction? Or just lost the trim at some point in the last sixty years or so.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 04:36 |
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I work in freight car leasing. Reason the plastic knuckle pins came about in the first place is that the metal ones were falling out of the couplers on rotary-dump coal gondola, into the coal chute (while the car was being tipped) and would gently caress up the coal pulverizing mechanism that they use to break it up into smaller chunks.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 04:47 |
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bytebark posted:I work in freight car leasing. Reason the plastic knuckle pins came about in the first place is that the metal ones were falling out of the couplers on rotary-dump coal gondola, into the coal chute (while the car was being tipped) and would gently caress up the coal pulverizing mechanism that they use to break it up into smaller chunks. so the plastic ones just get shredded?
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 14:23 |
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bytebark posted:I work in freight car leasing. Reason the plastic knuckle pins came about in the first place is that the metal ones were falling out of the couplers on rotary-dump coal gondola, into the coal chute (while the car was being tipped) and would gently caress up the coal pulverizing mechanism that they use to break it up into smaller chunks. On our end, any metal crap in coal is a big no-no. At the mine car loading facility, if the metal detector picks up any tiny metal that the magnets didn't pull, the conveyor shuts down and alarms. It isn't 100 percent, but it catches a lot.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 21:31 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:On our end, any metal crap in coal is a big no-no. At the mine car loading facility, if the metal detector picks up any tiny metal that the magnets didn't pull, the conveyor shuts down and alarms. It isn't 100 percent, but it catches a lot. So a handful of coins would make for a fun day? (Being non-magnetic.)
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 22:37 |
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Sponge! posted:So a handful of coins would make for a fun day? (Being non-magnetic.) Coins are also pretty soft, would they really pose much of a challenge to this stuff?
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 23:12 |
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They wouldn't hurt coal-crushing jaws but they'd make for some pretty unpleasant clinker wherever this stuff is getting burnt.
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# ? Apr 20, 2012 23:59 |
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Slung Blade posted:They wouldn't hurt coal-crushing jaws but they'd make for some pretty unpleasant clinker wherever this stuff is getting burnt. I'm saying they'd set off the metal detector, because it can't distinguish nonferrous.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 00:53 |
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Mostly unrelated but interesting coal train video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFiV55zohC4&feature=related (good GE diesel sounds in this one too) Canadian Pacific has these coal sprayers on their system, which are there to apply a coating of some sort of dust-reducing stuff. Makes sure poo poo doesn't go flying everywhere in the wind, apparently.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 03:18 |
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When they say a train stalls out, does that mean it can't get moving or the engine actually stalls? Can you even stall a locomotive engine?
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 03:35 |
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ijustam posted:When they say a train stalls out, does that mean it can't get moving or the engine actually stalls? Can you even stall a locomotive engine? Doesn't have enough power to get over a hill/crossing/whatever.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 08:58 |
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bytebark posted:Mostly unrelated but interesting coal train video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFiV55zohC4&feature=related (good GE diesel sounds in this one too) Pretty good timing. Looks like it gets sprayed twice.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 10:03 |
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drunkill posted:Awesome train.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 12:41 |
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I love this video. It reminds me of a jet plane on rails. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE4A0nPjyqQ
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 14:00 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:
Don't you just love working in loophole land?
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 15:27 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:I love this video. It reminds me of a jet plane on rails. I like how the aerial video is shot from a jet because a helicopter can't keep up.
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# ? Apr 21, 2012 18:37 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:
There was an employee in my territory that got Level 5'ed for posting about golfing at and being at the shooting range when he called in sick. Even had pictures up and was pretty proud of it. Big bro' is watching! On another related note. http://youtu.be/7_6to6eRMos?t=38s Oh and for the people who like tanks and trains... Here is an old video, its amazing how rails mobilized the country for war. http://youtu.be/xrCIbKyYRqg BrokenKnucklez fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Apr 22, 2012 |
# ? Apr 22, 2012 02:12 |
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old news but funny news http://www.tauntongazette.com/news/business_news/x530602459/Police-investigate-theft-of-railroad-tracks-in-Taunton-today-train-derailed (thanks to Aphex)
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 05:19 |
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also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_6to6eRMos (thanks to aphex)
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 05:39 |
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ijustam posted:I hope you hosed with him more. When you gotta spend 20 years with a guy, its best to be resilient.
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 06:31 |
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B4Ctom1 posted:also Well I'm glad I'm not the only one who has gone on a mindless rant about Yellow trucks being orange. B4Ctom1 posted:old news but funny news We had someone snag the ECU for a couple of trucks in the yard (they were damaged)and nobody gave a gently caress until I informed them that each one carried a core charge of $1500 and someone just bought a new car with all the fund. Just goes to show, if it's not nailed down or on fire....still can't believe someone stole loving in use rails. Why didn't they just steal the tossed piles of rail connectors? And what the hell isn't steel only like 30 bucks a ton?
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 07:25 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:And what the hell isn't steel only like 30 bucks a ton? Article said that area scrapyards were paying between $.12-.15 per pound for steel, so the 900lb rail segment they took would be worth $135, assuming they could find a scrapyard to buy it (article also mentions that most scrapyards generally won't take rails because they're almost always stolen.) Seems like way too much work for too little payoff.
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 07:40 |
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InterceptorV8 posted:We had someone snag the ECU for a couple of trucks in the yard (they were damaged)and nobody gave a gently caress until I informed them that each one carried a core charge of $1500 and someone just bought a new car with all the fund Tell me more.
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# ? Apr 23, 2012 08:56 |
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What did I do the other day? Oh, nothing spectacular; just rode out a derailment, that's all.Chicago Tribune posted:An elevated CTA train that had been chartered by railroad enthusiasts as a fund-raising effort for a railroad museum derailed today in the South Loop and resulted in 40 people having to walk to the nearest train station, officials said. Basically what happened is while moving into a non-revenue siding, the lead truck on the fourth (last) car split a switch. Low speed, no injuries. Of course, being a train full of rail enthusiasts, the derailment and its subsequent evacuation caused nothing but a good time to be had by all:
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