[Leica] Dropping ties

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Sonny.  That makes more sense.  He only has the tracks on a 
loaded area of the car.

On 1/25/21 10:35 PM, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote:
> 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.
>
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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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