art3490.....yeah I hear the drag sound when it travels now that you mention it.old torsion beam its hard to tell what is wore out or out of adjustment. I liked the mark lll's with four wheel drive and a back -up tamper. got boring real fast unless u had a laser.
@chiefsroc - Ya me too - The first one was the side jacks that was a totally messed up machine! - The Mark two was better - gotta start somewhere huh - The Torsion beam was alot better - Where they show the machine working you can hear that the torsion beam is being dragged - somebody does not have the machine properly adjusted for proper tamping
I used to operate a machine like the one shown in the video for about 4 to 5 yrs - once you fine tune all the lights & recievers, find zero level,zero liner "it's show time"!
sometimes I wish I could do that again - even if it's for a short time
I even liked to tamp switches too because it was challenging! boring straight tack & curves although back to back tight curves were nice & tamping road crossings were nice too
@Lutherkb Yes. We even had #211, #79 & #1843 all the way up the backside of the loop at one time where #211 and #79 were stored on display for a summer.
art3490.....yeah I hear the drag sound when it travels now that you mention it.old torsion beam its hard to tell what is wore out or out of adjustment. I liked the mark lll's with four wheel drive and a back -up tamper. got boring real fast unless u had a laser.
chiefsroc 3 months ago
Also noticed that the "plug" that goes into the liner mask is missing & that would create problems ahead - it's usually better to cover it up
art3490 4 months ago
cool to see an old torsion beam. ran mark 1, mark 2 ,and mark 3's back in the 80's
chiefsroc 4 months ago
@chiefsroc - Ya me too - The first one was the side jacks that was a totally messed up machine! - The Mark two was better - gotta start somewhere huh - The Torsion beam was alot better - Where they show the machine working you can hear that the torsion beam is being dragged - somebody does not have the machine properly adjusted for proper tamping
art3490 4 months ago
MOST IMPORTANTLY MAKING SURE YOUR REACTION PADS WERE OILED & GREASED FREQUENTLY PER DAY WAS A NESSITY
art3490 5 months ago
I used to operate a machine like the one shown in the video for about 4 to 5 yrs - once you fine tune all the lights & recievers, find zero level,zero liner "it's show time"!
sometimes I wish I could do that again - even if it's for a short time
I even liked to tamp switches too because it was challenging! boring straight tack & curves although back to back tight curves were nice & tamping road crossings were nice too
art3490 5 months ago
LV 211 on the loop switch!? :)
Lutherkb 2 years ago
@Lutherkb Yes. We even had #211, #79 & #1843 all the way up the backside of the loop at one time where #211 and #79 were stored on display for a summer.
rgvrrm 2 years ago