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I Prevented a Train from Derailing with this Track Repair

No one want to see a train derailment happen and today I prevented one from occurring with this track repair. This is one of the reasons why I make weekly and/or biweekly track inspections to catch things like this that break and fix them before a train derailment can occur. Often in very cold weather I will even do a track inspection 3 or 4 times a week because of all the things that break and need repaired. We have 16 miles of jointed track here and that means there are around 4,330 joints in our track and almost 26,000 bolts that I am responsible for keeping in good shape. It's a never ending job maintaining this jointed track. I do the very best I can to keep all those joints in good health. Everything we have on the track is old. Plus the heavy coal loads are hard on track along with the weather conditions we have here in SW Pa. Bolts and joint bars break all the time; almost daily I find new bolts that have broken out and I put new bolts or joint bars on if needed when I find them. There are only 2 of us who work track maintenance here. I wish they had 2 guys on the weekends and 2 guys during the week on track. Besides taking care of all those bolts and joint bars (over 8,660 joint bars), I have to do tamping, fixing mud spots, cribbing ties, loading and hauling ballast, pilot contractors on the rail when they come in, change rail, unload ties, do tamper and hi rail truck maintenance, make track inspections, help with car repair and switching of cars, take care of 9 switches, clean bridge walk ways, etc. And I'm getting tired just typing all the things I do on the railroad....:-) Check out the video on riding the rails from the back bumper of my hi rail truck here, it's a pretty cool view:    • Ride the Rails from a Different Persp...   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 #trainderailment#derailment#trackrepair