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Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 week agoFascinating!
I have seen these hulking machines sitting on the tracks sometimes, I think the manufacturer might be “comaco” - is that what does the tamping/grinding/replacing?
iocase@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
There’s a huge variety. Grinding trains usually travel at around 30km/h and it looks like what Hollywood thinks an emergency brake application looks like
Track POV of a grinding train
They usually have a water tender at the end with a water cannon to spray down fires started by the grinding train itself.
Railway ballast cleaning to remove fines and tamp
Sleeper replacement
Transform2942@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Incredible videos