Harsco Rail Grinder At Work

Trains Magazine General Discussion
1

First time I’ve seen one of these rail grinders at work:

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=253139

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=253142

When it came to the crossing, the main grinders lifted, and the trailing unit’s grinders swung down and ground the rail at the crossing, then lifted as soon as it cleared the crossing. I assumed, since I’ve heard that some ballast trains are GPS controlled, that this grinder is also.Anyone know for sure?

Big Appa

2

First time I have seen a Harsco Rail Grinder. I have seen various forms of Speno and Loram over the years. If you think they are incredable during they day they are an awsome sight at night. I have seen the gaint double Speno grinders at work out of Dampier Western Australia at night one of they few times I wished I had a video camera.

3

I missed a grinder (I’m not sure whose) in action by just a little bit - I was showing a visitor around at work and couldn’t sit around and wait for them to move again.

Later that day they started a brush fire trackside.

4

The last grinder that was in this area, about three years or so ago, was a Loram. I never got to see it work, it was on a spur at Keyser Yard, that’s on CSX’s old B&O “West End”, and the Loram crew was doing quite a bit of maintenance work on it…for several days!

I didn’t have a scanner back then…I have one now, and that’s how I found out the Harsco was in the area. Railfanning without a scanner…that’s hard!

Big Appa

5

(1) Harsco is Speno…Harsco owns Tamper/Canron/Jackson/Jordan/Fairmont/Harsco

(2) The stones and the grinding frame are controlled by the guy in that particular car with help from the guy in the control car with all the camera monitors that is on the end opposite the locomotive/cab.

6

Hi Mudchicken,

Please let me know more about Speno and Harsco.

You wrote: Harsco is Speno.

Can you send me some more details about this?

nadanaya@hotmail.com

Thanks in advance.

James.

7

First, James: Welcome [#welcome]

Here are a few of links to previous discussions on rail gringing operations:

THis link has some nice pictures: http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/176982/1942817.aspx#1942817

THis as well has a number of links: http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/169373/2127783.aspx#2127783

and this as well: http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/forums/p/180850/1980063.aspx#1980063

James, those links should provide a lot of reading and links to follow! [:-^]