[Leica] Dropping ties

[Sonny Carter]

I'm guessing he's walking the tracks on the load of ties.  I think like Jim
that the weight would squash the sides of the cars.

They do the same thing unloading ballast stone near here.  i saw him
climbing the rig onto the train once. THAT was a magic man.

Sonny
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On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:13 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> I'm amazed that the sides of the gondola cars are strong enough to carry
> the load.
>
> I hope he has good accident insurance.  That's a risky operation,  but I
> guess someone has to do it. Thanks for explaining it.
>
> On 1/25/21 8:58 PM, RicCarter via LUG wrote:
> > he is running along the top edge of the gondola cars and even goes from
> one to the other without any bridging between them, all while the train
> rolls slowly along-damndest thing
> >
> > you can see one guy load himself on here:
> > https://2020.cartersxrd.net/CX2020/2020.06.23.html
> >
> > here’s a fancier unit:
> > https://youtu.be/T8Wnn3Np8Xw
> > the loader operator actually runs the whole train from his cab
> >
> > and here:
> > https://2019.cartersxrd.net/CX2019/2019.11.25.html
> >
> > ric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Jan 25, 2021, at 8:34 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ric, that is a very interesting video.  I also looked at the still
> shots.  What I haven't figured out is, what are the crawler tracks resting
> on?  It seems to be moving along the top of the cars, and lifting ties
> unimpeded by a track, but that doesn't seem possible.
> >
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