Rail Welding

[TwoGamerGeeks]

1:22 Fire in da hole!

[trackend]

WW2 incendiary bombs contained the same stuff and could burn right though a house from top to bottom setting it alight as it went

[1977kb0wqh1996]

Essentially, all thermite rail welding is the setting down of a foundry on the rail and it will mold into the existing rail? Am I correct?

[rrrtbds12223]

what is that can made of?

[rc8rsracer]

@rrrtbds12223 probably ceramic

[ItsVagTastic]

my dad works for cn and does this for a job

[livestockdana]

thermite?

[TheMrBlinx]

@livestockdana Yes, Thermite is composed of 50% aluminum powder and 50% ferric oxide (rust; oxidizing agent). It burns white-hot. Can not be lit with match - takes a magnesium ribbon, which can be lit with a match. Thermite grenades are used by the military. Example: you can't take a vehicle with you, but you don't want the enemy to use it against you: you put a Thermite grenade on the engine block and leave. It burns right through it.

[railman247]

you can have that job that is the hottest job on the railroad after you shot 6 welds in aug. down south

[TheMick26]

Listen to 1:45 in the video.

Damn! That popped in the ase uh my britches. Good stuff!

[walluvsrum22]

why wouldn tyou invent igniters and light it with the pre heater.....

[juvmol]

5 * and staright to favorites!

[TEAMBUTTERS]

Yep thats Thermit welding. Also called Aluminothermic welding.

[Travide]

an hour for one weld??? if so where the heck is this

[ncrailfan]

Is that thermite welding?

[RKWproductions]

Yes, it is. The whole process takes about an hour, but I had to condense it.

[rc8rsracer]

@RKWproductions it takes an hour? why not stick weld it than

[Haarmonics]

This is something you don't see every day! Thanks for posting that. If you have any videos to show more of the process, I'll be checking them out as well. I just stumbled upon this one when doing a search on "Welded Aluminum"