Check out this video!
Wonder what John Henry would think?
Dave G.
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Pretty amazing.
Never saw that on H..L-on-Wheels series.
Track work has come a long way since 1977 when I gave it up. Switches are still tough places though.
Wow, talk about time & labor saving equipment, would be a nice addition to the O gauge ballast tamper.
Jack
Incredible! So glad you posted this and that I got to see it.
I love watching specialized machinery in action. As fascinating as it is, to me, it is noteworthy that someone designed and built all this heavy metal!
Commendable mechanical engineering feat and manufacturing accomplishment building the equipment! With all the variables and magnitude of the elements involved, it is amazing how reliably it works, or at least according to what the video shows.
Thanks for sharing.
Alex
Some pretty amazing machinery in use in the video.
Mainly larger railroads could afford to have that equipment and not a short line.
I have seen CSX wooden tie replacement machine or machines being used near Indiantown FL, it undoes the spikes and pulls the tie out and inserts another wood tie and then can spike it as well. Another machine comes along and does the ballast.
Florida East Coast RR around Stuart FL used sections of pre-assembled track with concrete ties over eight feet long, don't know the size for sure, and then weld it in place.
Lee Fritz
