It was a brutally frigid week, Minus 15 degrees F on Wednesday. We had an awful
time keeping the trains and coal moving, but we did it! Snow on Sunday
and bitter cold froze my switches up. Tuesday the locomotive froze up,
and on Wednesday the prep plant froze up.
See the video on us Spraying our Hopper Cars:
https://youtu.be/P76P3hz5xeg
See more video reviews of my week on the railroad on a playlist here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdyXRiITaLzclAZjnI7wpylr-mkgnczih
Made Week of January 20, 2025
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
#coalfreezing#bittercold#locomotivefreezeup