I once saw the LORAM RG311 rail grinder. Does LORAM work on a certain schedule, where they visit each railroad at a certain time of the year, or what? I would like to try to meet up with this beast again, but I have no idea how to go about that.
You might want to search for earlier posts about LORAM, it has been a popular topic.
As far as I know they have no set schedule as they are under contract to work on a given section of rail when the railroad deems reshaping necessary. This might be every 5 years or every year for a given section of rail.
They are quite impressive to see.
hey scott the loram rail grinder was in action in chase county a few weeks ago
Especially if you can catch them working at night… sparks a flyin’ …etc
Dont be downwind from or get too close to a rail grinder in action you might get really dirty really fast. ask some of the railroaders on here about that.the guys that work on these things are covered in black soot at the end of the day it seems like a hot dirty job to me.
or catch them during a light rain.lots of instant steam.
stay safe
Joe