I saw this on another forum that I frequent and "Could Not Believe It"!!! I guess this is common practice in Mexico to unload gondola cars. Wow! http://www.trainorders.com/stories/2002/10/21/455.php
DrDan
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Backhoe climbs train car...
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That tractor driver has a lot more guts than I do./w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
cstocks
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That guy is nuts. I don't need any job bad enough to do that!
what the I-beam looking piece attached to the loader bucket? Looks like something welded to the bucket to keep it from slipping/sliding sideways on the train car.
To what end would this have been needed for???
I wish there was a date/time stamp on the pics to see how long this took. From looking at the blue sky in the background, it doesn't look like it took more than an hour or so.
gary
To what end would this have been needed for???
I wish there was a date/time stamp on the pics to see how long this took. From looking at the blue sky in the background, it doesn't look like it took more than an hour or so.
gary
Mike_Dumond
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Well, I guess I'm gonna bring this out in plain english. That guy is a special kind of crazy.
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DrDan - The guy must have been hired out to do that by "Shady Acres." His keeper in the white coat is watching from a safe distance. Chuck
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Hi,
Looks like there is some sort of extension on both ends, one at the bucket and one back behind the rear wheels.
I bet the tractor stays up on top of the car, and the backhoe scoops the load out and drops it over the side of the car.
I would go even farther, and bet the guy moves forward the whole length of the train, unloading car after car, before backing up [using the backhoe for push/pull] and climbing back down, reversing the operation it took to climb up.
It wouldn't surprise me if the climb up took less than 15 minutes for a guy that was used to doing it.
Not a job I want!!!! VERY scary...
Bill
Looks like there is some sort of extension on both ends, one at the bucket and one back behind the rear wheels.
I bet the tractor stays up on top of the car, and the backhoe scoops the load out and drops it over the side of the car.
I would go even farther, and bet the guy moves forward the whole length of the train, unloading car after car, before backing up [using the backhoe for push/pull] and climbing back down, reversing the operation it took to climb up.
It wouldn't surprise me if the climb up took less than 15 minutes for a guy that was used to doing it.
Not a job I want!!!! VERY scary...
Bill
