I was out a month or so ago, and saw these sitting on some new track in Jonesboro, GA. I went back a week or so ago and shot some pics, but light was running out, so I went back yesterday to get some daylight pics.
A tie mover Backhoe:
Kershaw Ballast regulator:
They chained the Kershaw to the track for security. Must be a bad neighborhood. [:-^]
Rotor
There is also a Fairmont Ballast Tamper parked there.
The tamper has a hitchiker.
Same security measures as the Kershaw!
Rotor
There was also some 1:1 scale “Snap-Track”. [:D]
And a “Snap-Switch”.
I think it has an insulated frog. [:-^]
Plenty of ballast!
I should have grabbed a bucket full to crush for HO scale ballast. What could be more realistic than real ballast? Lots of different colors in there.
Rotor
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Rotor
I went by there today, and the equipment was being used!
Unfortunately the regulator was south of Morrow, (where I was) and I didn’t have time to chase it down, but the tamper was out on the line, idling. [:-^]
They seem to be working south of Morrow, GA towards Lovejoy,GA, along SR54 then east of 19-41. Somewhere, somehow, they turned the tamper around. It was northbound previously, but running southbound today. Must be a wye somewhere near.
Maybe someday I’ll catch it actually working.
Rotor
Nice photos!, Rotor.
A few months ago there were several machines on the track doing automated track/ballast reburbishment near my home on the BNSF mainline. They created a high-volume racket and a big cloud of dust. They were too far away from the road to observe closely, but it looked like they were cleaning and reforming the ballast.
Mark