This is an awesome video. I'm particularly interested in LORAM "trains", and your presentation is "tops"...especially the action photographed from lineside. Having watched and photographed LORAM operations myself, the audio "portion" of your video is excellent...it absolutely captures the experience as it really is. Great job all the way around. I live on Long Island (NY), and an "ancient" LORAM ballast cleaner (BC8) was employed this past summer to carve-out trenches along the right-of-way for tie replacement (wood-to-concrete). This old machine -- powered by two "loud-'n-proud high-rev" Detroit Diesel engines -- is a sight to behold. Thanks for a great presentation. You got my "thumbs up" 👍
The ones I’ve seen lift up the rail and sleepers in a long curve and run something like a chainsaw under the sleepers scooping up the ballast and then cleaning it in the same way. In the suburbs a second train on the second track pulls open top wagons to catch the waste dirt instead of dumping it on the side.
They often will replace the ballast that was removed, sometimes not removing a lot of ballast just debris and dirt, but sometimes do pour new ballast down later.
This is an awesome video. I'm particularly interested in LORAM "trains", and your presentation is "tops"...especially the action photographed from lineside. Having watched and photographed LORAM operations myself, the audio "portion" of your video is excellent...it absolutely captures the experience as it really is. Great job all the way around. I live on Long Island (NY), and an "ancient" LORAM ballast cleaner (BC8) was employed this past summer to carve-out trenches along the right-of-way for tie replacement (wood-to-concrete). This old machine -- powered by two "loud-'n-proud high-rev" Detroit Diesel engines -- is a sight to behold. Thanks for a great presentation. You got my "thumbs up" 👍
Very cool catch! Loved to see how it works!
Thank you Joey! Glad you enjoyed it.
Awesome bridge shots! Keep up the great work 👍👍👍
Thanks a lot!
Now this is a HUGE LIKE from me way COOL, so glad you caught this 😎👍
Thanks! Yep, it was really cool being able to get a close up look at it working. Thanks for your like, glad you enjoyed it.
This is awesome!
Sure is, Loram machines are really cool.
Awsome catch
Thanks! Sure was cool.
Awesome catch! I really wanted to see that but couldn’t.
Thanks Railroad Productions. Don’t worry, it will be on the line for a few more days, it’s in the CP 22 siding now.
The ones I’ve seen lift up the rail and sleepers in a long curve and run something like a chainsaw under the sleepers scooping up the ballast and then cleaning it in the same way. In the suburbs a second train on the second track pulls open top wagons to catch the waste dirt instead of dumping it on the side.
Are new rocks put down to replace the smaller ones that were removed?
They often will replace the ballast that was removed, sometimes not removing a lot of ballast just debris and dirt, but sometimes do pour new ballast down later.
Seems like a lot of ballast is being discarded???