The Fire Snake had to come out when a track joint pulled apart in
order for me to get the rail to expand so I could put new bolts in
that joint. Setting the rail on fire helps the rail to expand so I can
get those new bolts back in the track joint.
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
This video made December 30, 2024
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
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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
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necessarily has or makes.
Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Senergy as our current
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