🚂 Emergency Railway Track Repair ⛏️

This is a film showing an emergency track repair to restore Canadian National Railway's mainline service following a collision of two freight trains.
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[nuggert]

We don’t call them fish plates we call them joint bars.

[vatodad]

Your videos are simply wonderful! Rather than simply put out raw footage you take the time to provide excellent commentary and even delightful music. You shorten the video down to where it is truly interesting. Great job!

[Barbell_Bolter]

Them installing that short piece was definitely caused by someone screwing up measurements lol. A piece of rail like that may only be used VERY temporarily. and at extremely low speeds. Can point out quite a couple of railroad rule violations pretty darn easily. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get dem trains moving!

[Afc]

Concrete rail sleepers are better in the UK we use Concrete sleepers lasts longer than wood sleepers

[ElliottAmelkin]

That was beautiful, thanks for this video

[nahuelgomez]

The most beautyfull work in the world, love this!

[Bearbum]

Interesting to see equipment used now compared to when I worked on maintenance of way gangs for CNR in the summers from high school through university years in ‘78 to ‘85. Much of it is the same - some of which is different. What hasn’t changed is how hard the work is … great memories of those years . Surprised to learn it’s done by private companies… what is this bonus thing I heard? Could have used that back in the day . Thanks for posting

[cohall]

Very interesting track repair. This track connection was different from the thermo welding method that I have seen before. Thanks for sharing.

[randyforgey]

I'm sorry but that plug rail doesn't get it. If you had welded one end, maybe.

[redkawa]

Thanks for the interesting video!
let's spend a minute to thank whoever thought it was a good idea to put a guy with a sprinkler next to the guy with the angle grinder...I love when such details are taken into consideration:-)

[JustMyOpinion-]

Intresting! old ways of doing things if I say so myself, instead of tie plates we now use baseplates with ferrals, and a bolt you can torque with the impact wrench way easier to maintain that way, especially when renewing pieces of track! I would still come across spikes only to remove them! I remember once it took us all night to remove just spikes because they get stuck over time and don't budge using the slewing bar. thanks for the upload! I don't work on track anymore! but was an experience I'll never forget!

[brocko]

Spreader ditcher machine … it’s called a regulator

[danielmota]

I worked for Amtrak at Chicago's Union Station It was not fun, but you have to make a living one way or another.

[kevinhoward]

i think its funny everything is being fast forwarded lol.

[pabloalvarez]

Tjat excavator was mighty close look like ot eas fouling the track 😅

[wunderkind-]

Your nomenclature is out of date. This is a digital recording, it is not on film.

[iainhughes]

Why on earth instal a short rail when all you have to do is cut back the rail on the other side match up the joints and pull the whole section back!

[rockymountainjazzfan]

In my railroad work, they were called tie plates, not fishplates. Also, that short piece of rail installed would be just temporary on a mainline track. The machine working the ballast is commonly called a "ballast regulator."

[richardriggs]

Back in the day we would have cut off the turnout stock rail.Put the panelized 39 ft. Flush Instead of placing a small piece of rail at a critical spot like a turnout.

[phoenicianlocal]

Anybody know how to get into that line of work?