Coming out of a few years of opening auto racks myself and getting to know them, I do want to try to simplify things a little bit more so that many of us don't have to worry about carrying ratchets or large tools as long as we don't need them. Don't even bother with anything that has both trailer rods and auxiliary locks. If it's got just trailer rods, that should be simple enough - I hope. This goes for many Canadians that would slowly gain interest in riding auto racks throughout Canada.
If you are wondering how my hard-captions are laid out, I simply used Adobe Photoshop to save each caption as a PNG and I incorporated them as part of a layer over my raw footage in Sony Vegas Pro. Though many use Windows Movie Maker, I have no reason to use that now. Haha!
After watching the video (above/below), you can go back and look over your railroad company's latest symbols and/or schedules and determine what you have to do to get to your destination by way of an empty CTTX auto rack. Always refer back to this video if you encounter any problems, but most importantly beware of the doors, its latches, and most of all your surroundings. Enjoy, and I hope it really helps some of you. Be careful and safer travels.
If you are wondering how my hard-captions are laid out, I simply used Adobe Photoshop to save each caption as a PNG and I incorporated them as part of a layer over my raw footage in Sony Vegas Pro. Though many use Windows Movie Maker, I have no reason to use that now. Haha!
After watching the video (above/below), you can go back and look over your railroad company's latest symbols and/or schedules and determine what you have to do to get to your destination by way of an empty CTTX auto rack. Always refer back to this video if you encounter any problems, but most importantly beware of the doors, its latches, and most of all your surroundings. Enjoy, and I hope it really helps some of you. Be careful and safer travels.
I forgot to add:
This is one of the most difficult types of freight cars to deal with because there is no way you can properly bail and you can get locked in if doors are closed on both ends. Proceed through this tutorial at your own risk.
This is one of the most difficult types of freight cars to deal with because there is no way you can properly bail and you can get locked in if doors are closed on both ends. Proceed through this tutorial at your own risk.
Nice tutorial! What type of camera did you use? It has amazing quality!
I used a ZTE ZMax 2 smartphone on this one. Not bad on daytime use, but crappy quality and slow frame rates in many darker places. I also use a Kodak Playsport zx5 on separate occasions.
