The other day, I saw something very interesting. It was a bunch of yellow cars with lots of sparks shooting out from under them, lighting grassfires. They were riding on 1st generation EMD GP trucks. Was that a rail grinding machine?
What does rail grinding accomplish?
Matthew
Sounds like you encountered a LORAM rail grinder.
Rail grinding removes rail corrugation, puts the rail / wheel contact patch oval back on the proper part of the rail, lessens the chance of broken rails, reshapes the rail profile and promotes/extends rail life. Train crews notice a sensation when running over freshly ground rail similar to what motorists feel when driving on fresh asphalt paving.
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Huh?
LORAM That’s the name I was trying to think of when I wrote this thread.
There was this one fire just outside of the hose…spraying…area…thing…face that we had to wait for a fire prevention truck to come around. That left quite a burn patch![:D]
Matthew
and the sound of running on fresh ground rail…
Sounds just like a low flying small airplane…the same drone/buzz their engines make…drives you nuts if your riding on a car for a shove move…