Railroad Spring Frog Operations

Railroad operations are complex. It takes a lot to keep a train on the tracks. What does it take to move a train into a siding? Railroad buffs everywhere know train operations and know it takes engineers to make things happen. Here is an explanation of how a spring frog works. Southern Railway for many decades operated a frog shop at the Charlotte Roadway Shop. Spring frogs were built out of many forged parts by blacksmiths and many machined parts by machinists. Many Spencer/Salisbury/Rowan County railroad shop craft employees carpooled every day to perform these daily tasks. Narrator worked as a blacksmith/welder at CRS for five years.