Those automated trackl-layers and ballast-tampers are STILL more advanced in 1960 than what we have in the US. We still use wooden sleepers because we're too cheap.
We use wooden ties because they still last longer in certain areas (mostly the deep.south) than concrete will. There is a reason csx is replacing miles of concrete ties with wood ties again.
Interesting mix of old meets new! Love modernisation, as a stream train pulls the new tracks!
Look at the condition of that p-way at the end it’s uniform and precise. Better than what’s around today!.
My father did this work for years.
Those automated trackl-layers and ballast-tampers are STILL more advanced in 1960 than what we have in the US. We still use wooden sleepers because we're too cheap.
Not where I have lived in the states -CA, NY, CT, FL.... huh. Where do you live?
@@DoctorVdW anywhere else! 😂
You can still find wooden sleepers in a lot of the UK
In Canada it's over 90% wood ties used on CN and CPKC.
We use wooden ties because they still last longer in certain areas (mostly the deep.south) than concrete will. There is a reason csx is replacing miles of concrete ties with wood ties again.
Hard Work
Maravilhosa a conservação ferroviária já há mais de sessenta anos !!! Mas por que os trilhos substituídos já estavam enferrujados ? 🇧🇷
Not all steel is stainless
I wonder if that rail did last until 2010?
I find it interesting that some of these railroad workers are wearing jackets, white shirts, and ties.
No orange hi-vis!