modelmaker87 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi Guys, I am constantly delving into my image archive for my own modelling needs and most of the stuff I shoot are close up details of rivets, rust patches and bolt heads and in doing this I often come across stuff that I think, "yeah, I remember that day, lucky that came along", or whatever. So I thought sharing some of these archive images of mine now and again might be equally as useful to British modellers building a US layout 4000 plus miles away as they are to me building a layout at the house here in NC. So perhaps some of these will be invaluable to some of you guys. To kick off this thread, I was fortunate enough to capture this baby doll in operation. Railfan shots indeed as it happens, which is not really my bag, but it came along so I pointed the camera in the general direction. Pig of a day, snowy and cold and the reason for these 3 very dull and dim pix. Hope you enjoy. Next time detail shot or three, requests accepted. Cheers, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi Tony, Wow! Thanks for that, I bet it was noisy! It certainly looks like an "atmospheric" day! How many of those tracks are actual running lines, please? I know the Americans have multi lane free/high ways but I didn't think they had that much of multiple track railway lines! Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 That's a brute of a thing, as John said, I'll bet it makes a hell of a noise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 What a beast! Even the rail grinders are bigger over there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 13, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2011 There is a film somewhere of this vehicle in action. You are quite right, it is noisy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 There are quite a few videos of these things on Youtube - just search for 'rail grinder'. Here's quite a good one - (I like the final fire suppression measures!) And one of them operating at night - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmaker87 Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 Hi Tony, Wow! Thanks for that, I bet it was noisy! It certainly looks like an "atmospheric" day! How many of those tracks are actual running lines, please? I know the Americans have multi lane free/high ways but I didn't think they had that much of multiple track railway lines! Cheers, John E. John, the main running tracks are the one the Loram is running on and the track behind it. The others in the foreground are used for parking coal trains - loaded and empties. Arthur, yep, quite a lot of noise, but its cool to watch it. pH, thanks for posting the vid link. I think it looks even better at night time, some kind of dragon roaming the rails spitting fire. I noticed in that vid the water was being sprayed from the rear vehicle. Of interest these couple of pix show the water being sprayed from one of the tank to the side of the tracks in case of fire. Note the rails steaming. This is on NS rails. On CSX you get the smaller version. Note the smoke where the operators is aiming his jet of water. Cheers, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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