We replaced defective and worn out wheels, and couplers, and Air Brake Parts, and a whole list of running gear. I cant list all the repairs made there, due to the extensive length the list would entail, but I will list just a few of them to give you a better idea of what took place there. The Rip Track we worked at in Atlanta, consisted of a large shed 4 tracks running through it, and a couple of other tracks that were adjacent to it, and the cars that were Bad Ordered for repairs or maintainance, were rolled through those tracks one right after the other, and were repaired by at least two carmen on each track. In those case, I think Insurance companies were extensivly involved. Detailed records of Foreign and System car repairs were kept and the various companies that owned those railcars were billed accordingly, unless it was determined that we were responsable for the damage such as in a Derailment. I don't know all the legal mumbo jumbo, but thats about the drift of it. It really isn't just one track but a series of tracks, that are refered to in the singular, rather than the plural term, for a particular place at the railroad, designed for repairing and maintaining, not only, that Railroads rolling stock, but all rolling stock that my be running through that location.Īll Railroad Car repairs, are governed, by the Association of American Railroads, as to the methods and material used in those repairs, and if the repairs are not preformed up to their standards, the railroads can be held responsable for, and they can be subject to loss of revenue from said repairs and monatary penalties can be emplemented. The Rip Track, is railroad slang, for Repair Track. That being said, I will tell you some of the things I know regarding the matter. It certainly was in Atlanta Georgia, and I'm sure other Railroads and towns as well. It apears that Rip Tracks are being phased out. I use the term what is or was a Rip Track, because it depends on what part of the Railroad you work on, whether or not it still exist. Ted Lewis & 1909 Death of an Engineer Story albumįoreign Locomotives, BNSF, CEFX, CN, CP, CSX, ICE, KCS, RJ Corman, UP, Georgia Central, If you have A photo you want added to one of the albums send it to me Im a Car Knocker, till the day I've died. I look back with pride and to all confide, I surely remember, all the toil and strife, Rode it to the wrecks, picked up many a train, Worked on the Derrick, a huge Brownhoist Crane, Kept clothes on my family's back, and food on their plate,īut it was oh so hard, due to the inflation rate,ĭid a lot of welding, and was handy with a torch, Helped kept the trains going, and moved a lot of Freight, I wore out my share, of the old shoe leather, In all hours of the day, in all kinds of weather, I surely may, have been off of my rocker,įor thirty four years, I worked out of doors I worked as a Carman, to fixed their trains,Ī job that required much use of my brain's, When I hired on, with the Southern Railway Line Stories by Walter and fellow railroaders, and videos by Walter,Ī Journal, Stories of working on the railroad by railroaders and videos by Walter, A retired Railway Carman and Rail Fan Extraordinaire, Perhaps your feeling creative and wish to share A story with us. I would also love to get any photos of foreign railroad derricks and train yard photos as well. If you have none just take the time to say Hi. Please take time to sort thru those old photos and share any old railroad photos with me. We who worked on the derrick were always to busy to take any photos at the time we were working. I am particularly hoping any old photos of the Atlanta Derrick can be added. I hope any of you who have any photos of Railroad activities past, or present will share them with me for display here on the site. I am in the process of updating the site.
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