[3E] Explosive CSX Train and a Q616's Knuckle Breaks Again, Hull - Dacula GA, 07/24/2016 ©mbmars01

That's my husband changing that knuckle! And in all the years he's been on the rails I've never actually seen him work. I can't wait to show our children! Thanks for the video!! :)

This is wholesome. I know this guy is a fan of trains so he feels more inclined to offer assistance but it still makes their job a hell of a lot easier. Put a smile on my face. Even little acts of kindness like this goes a long way. Bravo.

Thank you for no music. I love the sound of trains!

A salute to my fellow brakemen who worked in the long ago without benefit of radios and who, like me, lugged a 90 pound knuckle back to usually the middle of the train in the dead of night. In my case, the track had a lot of curves, so I had to climb to the top of a boxcar and give lantern signals hoping the engineer or conductor on the caboose could see said signals. At least the caboose in those days had a radio and could communicate with the engineer. We won't even talk about a car with a wooden floor and containers of plastic chips that caught on fire due to a hot box and of course it was in the same area. At night. A miscommunication between me and the old head engineer had me riding a car on fire as we hauled the train to Navasota, Tx, where the local fire department awaited while we shoved said car into a siding. Then it was back to the rest of the train with me riding on top of a car so the engineer could see my lantern signals. That was on the Houston & Texas Central [SP].

I grew up living next to Verona yards in Michigan...never get tired of listening to the trains!

Ive helped crews out in the past they are grateful for any help they get

CSX should give this guy a thank you for saving 2 hours of precious mainline track time.

Give Ricky a pay rise for such good work.

That was really nice of you to help out Conductor Ricky and CSX that day. Looks like a 100% break on the knuckle. That means filling out a Seperation Report and sending it to the Road Foreman. And then getting grief from them about the knuckle. What a roller coaster piece of railroad....wow. If I had to stop anywhere down there I would stretch brake everything to a stop. Thanks again for the help. Love your work.

Probably the best 22:40 minutes of RR videos I've recently had the pleasure of seeing. Pro all the way. That's one hell of a long lens too !!! A+++ work. David

I used to be super into trains as a kid, but I really wonder how I grew away from it. This is the first time I've seen someone do work like this, really inspiring.

Good of you to spare the conductor a 4-way walk, not to mention carrying the new knuckle!

It was nice to see a well experienced conductor  that knew to use a fusee to heat a stuck pin and get it out.  Great job and a great video, thank You.

Awesome video and thanks for being so helpful to the guys! Rail fans like you are indeed goodwill ambassadors.

Omg. I love trains and I live 5 minutes away from Dacula GA and you filmed it on my birthday so this is like one of my favorite videos now. I subscribed.

Thats the way to go my friend! Givin' a helping hand when needed...we need more of that in today's world! 👍👍👍👍

Ricky is the man!

beautifully filmed, again. thank you

SUPER-GREAT VIDEO OF BIG CSX MULTI-UNIT TRAINS, GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY, EMD POWER, GE POWER--JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO OF TRAINS!!!!!!!!

love everything about trains this should have been my calling..