One of the cool things about my post-retirement job is that I get to play with really big trains. This week I got to move two tampers from Pocomoke, MD down the Eastern Shore of VA to Cape Charles, then float them across the Chesapeake Bay on a car float. Here is a slide show of some photos I took.
Your welcome! I enjoy sharing the things I do on the real railroads. Now only if I had named the thread “this forum stinks” or something not related to trains it would have more hits. I can understand not having a lot of responses, but nearly no views? Oh well, I had fun and I’m glad you could share in that fun with me.
BTW, on the video clip labeled “heavy load” the sounds you hear are 100% track noise, nothing else. Those poor rails were protesting mightily as you can see from the flex.
So the next time there is a topic about “silent roadbed” or “noisy locos” or other such nonsense then remember how noisy the prototype rails can be and soldier on…
And they pay you to have fun like that? That’s just too cool. Nothing like boats, trains, and the smell of old steel, old wood, and – what’s that smell?
Revisit my photo bucket, I uploaded some more photos today, We completed our journey in low style. The UNIMAT (yellow unit) was used to tow the 09-32 (orange unit)- it’s highly brain damaged, rat infested (or some kind of animal fur all over the seats) and got up to a stunning 11mph once we got it moving. You’ll hear in the videos the wheezy engine note and a pan of what’s left of the crew cab. It was still a fun ride, any time you can get up on the rails is a great adventure, but I really need to burn my clothes and disinfect myself.[B)]
Give our shop boys about 6 months with them and they will be standing tall once again…