No Chinese Labor on This Job

[slamfire51]

Unlike the 1800's, Chinese workers were not building this rail road.

Pretty cool. Little or no manual labor involved.


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[recon]

Nice! Wonder what couhtry that's in?

[tank_monkey]

Unlike the 1800's, Chinese workers were not building this rail road.

Pretty cool. Little or no manual labor involved.


Pretty COOL! Also considering that the treatment of the Chinese immigrant labor during the building of the railroads was a DARK SPOT on American history. I always found it a little sickening how the railroad bosses would send Chinese men (and boys) to do suicide missions to blast tunnels with dynamite, but gave them very little fuse because they wanted to 'save money on fuses'. WTF?

[Warthogg]

Now there's another first for me. Had no idea that type of machinery existed.


Wart

[1 Patriot-of-many]

That's truly awesome! Looks like German machinery? Wonder how many miles they can do a day.

[Next]

Looks like German equipment, not for sure though.

We have stuff like that here, NS and RJ Corman both have similar equipment.

[Warthogg]

Nice! Wonder what couhtry that's in?

Maybe Belgium though the graffiti is in English.


Wart

[tank_monkey]

Maybe Belgium though the graffiti is in English.


Wart
DAMN! even the vandals in Belgium gotta make us look bad by tagging in English!!! LOL

[Kadmos]

Nice! Wonder what couhtry that's in?

Belgium.

Ifrabel is owned by the Belgium government.

The New Track Construction Machine is a Plasser & Theurer made in Austria

A couple American companies make NTC machines also, Harsco is probably the leader in the US

[Schuetzenman]

Very interesting.

[slamfire51]

The only manual labor I saw was the guys putting the spacers and retaining pins on the ties.
My kind of job, LOL

[Zygomatic]

Don't know if it's true, but I have heard that automation has killed more American jobs then shipping jobs overseas.

[ATAK, Inc.]

Don't know if it's true, but I have heard that automation has killed more American jobs then shipping jobs overseas.


Yep! Just ask obama about how ATMs have done so, even though they have been around for several years, he made it sound like it all happened in the last year or so!

[LAGC]

Don't know if it's true, but I have heard that automation has killed more American jobs then shipping jobs overseas.

Where's George Hayduke when you need him? ;)

Automation in many sectors is pretty amazing, and I can't really blame companies for trying to save money by investing in equipment instead of employing many people at prevailing wages.

But the practice is definitely contributing to high unemployment. I sometimes wonder if the days of 5% unemployment are behind us for good. We might be seeing a new permanent norm of double-digit unemployment, at least until the dollar really falls in value. If that happens, labor will once again be cheaper for employers to consider, imports will cost more, so there will be more demand for domestic goods, which means more factories and manufacturing here at home.

In other words, we might have to fall a lot further before things turn around.

[Warthogg]

Where's George Hayduke when you need him? ;)

Automation in many sectors is pretty amazing, and I can't really blame companies for trying to save money by investing in equipment instead of employing many people at prevailing wages.

But the practice is definitely contributing to high unemployment. I sometimes wonder if the days of 5% unemployment are behind us for good. We might be seeing a new permanent norm of double-digit unemployment, at least until the dollar really falls in value. If that happens, labor will once again be cheaper for employers to consider, imports will cost more, so there will be more demand for domestic goods, which means more factories and manufacturing here at home.

In other words, we might have to fall a lot further before things turn around.



In other words, we might have to fall a lot further before things turn around.


And may fall much further and not turn around.


Wart

[alismith]

That's truly awesome! Looks like German machinery? Wonder how many miles they can do a day.

John Henry could lay more track than any ole machine! :thumbsup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vcvYJCkic&feature=related

[(AK)1000shots]

Don't know if it's true, but I have heard that automation has killed more American jobs then shipping jobs overseas.

If you're not familiar, look up "Luddites", whom protested a move toward machinery replacing humans on the job.

Automation may kill jobs, but it also increases quality, reproducibility, and reduces cost. Many jobs that are/were replaced by machines were simply outdated, as technology made their craft more or less antiquated and obsolete. Look at gun manufacturing -- if firearms were still made by hand, can you imagine trying to get a replacement FCG that actually fit into your rifle? Same for cars -- robots made car quality increase dramatically. It's harsh, but as technology moves forward, most manual-labor jobs become obsolete.

I think the future of American jobs is really in the areas that can't be "automated," jobs that require thinking, on-the-spot-decisions, like scientists, engineers, and service-sector jobs, like doctors, salespeople, etc. The days of metal-workers are numbered, unfortunately -- however, people that know how to repair/replace/install the machinery will always have jobs. It's the jobs themselves that will completely vanish, probably to our great misfortune when the machines rise up against us. (Ok, the last half of that last sentence was a joke.)

[El Duce]

John Henry could lay more track than any ole machine! :thumbsup:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vcvYJCkic&feature=related

The John Henry legend is in a small town called Talcott,WV. Our property/camp is near. I have been several times to the fabled mountain. Have seen the statue at 1:29. The "pock marks" in the statue are actually from gun shots.

[slamfire51]

The John Henry legend is in a small town called Talcott,WV. Our property/camp is near. I have been several times to the fabled mountain. Have seen the statue at 1:29. The "pock marks" in the statue are actually from gun shots.

And you shot it how many times???:shss: