Broken Joint Bar - Have to Repair it Fast!

Video Description

Running both trains today and we gotta get this broken joint bar fixed in a hurry. At a later date we changed both rails and put new rails in, plus changed some ties and tamped it all up, so it is now as good as new. I did what I had to do that day to keep trains running until we could find the time to change the rails. We'll show you how I replace this broken joint bar. It was a bit of a struggle because of the big gap between the rails as you will see in the video. But with some muscle persuasion the gap came together enough to get all the bolts in. Check out my other You Tube channel with more cool railroad and rail fanning videos along with other adventures Dave has: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatsDavesOtherDoings Here is another video where we replaced a broken Compromise Joint Bar that you may also enjoy. There is a difference between a regular joint bar and a compromise joint bar, watch this to find out the difference: https://youtu.be/o2ljPcWXQ3A Here is a video where I show all about our battery impact wrench: https://youtu.be/zxKlmzt76Ws Made January 12, 2023 Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took over and have kept this mine alive. Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial spokes person for Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine. Any viewpoints, opinions or anything that I show in the videos, or write in the video descriptions or any answer to any comment, should NEVER be misconstrued or interpreted as being in any way shape or form, any kind of official or unofficial statement from Iron Senergy, Iron Cumberland, Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management, any of the contractors that may be shown in any video, nor of any of my fellow co-workers. Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the descriptions, or in any answer to a comment is strictly that of my own and NOT an official or unofficial statement or viewpoint that Iron Synergy or any one at Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine necessarily has or makes. Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as our current owners. Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Senergy, Cumberland Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors that may be shown. Thank You, Dave #BrokenJointBar#JointBar