[Leica] Dropping ties

[RicCarter]

apologies—looking back at them, Sonny is clearly right

ric


> On Jan 25, 2021, at 11:42 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:
> 
> 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.
>> 
>> 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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