This is the 7th Rail I've Broken with my Tamper

Crushed Rail Head weakened the rail enough so the Rail Broke when I was tamping. This is the 7th broken rail that has happened with the tamper over my 18 years of tamping. It sounds like a shotgun going off when the jack beam on the tamper clamps the rail and the rail breaks. The jack beam picks the rail up and the rail then has a longitudinal bend to it, that and along with the weight of the ties, if there is a weak spot inside the rail, it can easily break. Also going to show you these Rail Defects: crushed head, flowed rail and spalling. All three are classified under the heading of Rail Head Surface Defects. All are caused by Rolling Contact Fatigue from the loading of the train's car and locomotive wheels. Here is link to a follow up video where I show you what the inside of the rail looks like at the break. Some new evidence has come to light after we changed this rail out:    • New Evidence on the Broken Rail at Curve 11   Here is the link to the video I told you about Crib Sweeping with the Tamper, hope you will enjoy watching this one also:    • Crib Sweeping with a Jackson 6700 Tamper   Made August 28, 2022 Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Synergy 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 Synergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Synergy took over and have kept this mine alive. Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial spokes person for Iron Synergy 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 Synergy, 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-wokers. 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 Synergy or Cumberland Mine necessarily has or makes. Again, we are very fortunate to have Iron Synergy as our current owners. Please, when making a comment be respectful of Iron Synergy, Cumberland Mine, my fellow coworkers and also any contractors that may be shown. Thank You, Dave #RailBroke#Tamper#TampingTrack#BrokenRail