As a young kid growing up near RR tracks, they used to park this equipment across from my house for weeks sometimes, and us kids used to wonder and wonder what those strange machines did, thanks to this video, now I got to see lol.
Maybe you can help me. I witnessed one of the coolest rail equipment I’ve ever seen but can’t seem to find it. I was in Clyde Ohio about 10 years ago and a rail vehicle (about 4 cars) went by and sparks and smoke(fire) was flying upward. A cool black dude was on the last car and waving and looked like he just came out of a coal mine. Any thoughts on what this project was? I worked drilling rigs for 10 years so not unfamiliar to big iron. Just curious.
As a young kid growing up near RR tracks, they used to park this equipment across from my house for weeks sometimes, and us kids used to wonder and wonder what those strange machines did, thanks to this video, now I got to see lol.
Just think way way back in the day, railroad men had to do this by hand.
*BACK IN MAH DAY!*
Nicely done video!
Maybe you can help me. I witnessed one of the coolest rail equipment I’ve ever seen but can’t seem to find it. I was in Clyde Ohio about 10 years ago and a rail vehicle (about 4 cars) went by and sparks and smoke(fire) was flying upward. A cool black dude was on the last car and waving and looked like he just came out of a coal mine. Any thoughts on what this project was? I worked drilling rigs for 10 years so not unfamiliar to big iron. Just curious.
It was probably a grinder train. They use it on mainline to get the profile of the head correct after heavy traffic!
the ramp is called a SCORPION
I'd be curious to see the controls