A Train Laying Its Own Track.flv

[louisianagator95]

@TheRealSargeantSiler concrete ties maintain better than wooden ties, example: wooden ties can become rotten and split/fall apart(ive seen it happen w/ wooden ties) but concrete ties wont

[thetshirtblog]

Last I heard, Xzibit is involved in negotiations to make this into a reality tv show. It would be called, "Pimp my Track Renewal Train".

[TheMrrappel]

those ties are strange

[cripticgatekeep]

@TheMrrappel thats cause there concrete and wood ties like they are here.

[KLOLWTF]

@TheMrrappel They are concrete.

[miveesp]

MEN AT WORK OR MACHINES AT WORK?

[ENZOMECANICO]

una para AFE de uruguay

urgenteee 

[sthede1000]

Simply amazing. It makes me proud of what mankind can do. What a machine. Just think about how many people must have worked on developing all of that technology. Their stories will never be known, but to those silent geniuses that build machines like this, I give you a hearty salute. Well done!

[Naf5000]

@sthede1000 I guarantee you; the people who made this are not little known inventors. They are very, very wealthy and famous people where they live. The fact that this invention is all that has filtered down to you or me does not mean that the people responsible for this are in any way obscure. It just means we don't pay enough attention to the right media to learn about them.

[kskk9368]

Look how fast Germany rebuilt rail service after WW 2 simply amazing.

[TheRealSergentSiler]

Its not laying track, its replacing ties, looks like with upgraded ones, probably for high speed

[Azbill001]

Very interesting. Just wish there were some comments about exactly what is going on and why.

[FreihEitner]

Laying track just isn't what it used to be.

[MrPeanuts1945]

Question: Why don't railroads in the USA use concrete sleepers instead of wood sleepers? It seems like concrete sleepers would last longer than wood sleepers (ties) do; not to mention less need to cut down trees. Yes / no?

[MONTGOMERYSaApBt]

@MrPeanuts1945 High-Speed passenger rail use concrete ties here in the US. Freight rail lines don't need the concrete ties because of the higher cost to manufacture. Not to mention the fact that most freight trains weigh much more, and risk cracking the concrete ties.

[nevereveroutline]

@MONTGOMERYSaApBt >> "and risk cracking the concrete ties." That´s a fairytale. American railroads don´t wanna pay for the good trackwork. That´s all.

[nevereveroutline]

@MrPeanuts1945 It´s simple: wood ist cheaper - plus it can be meintained with the simple - not to say primitive - tools that tracklaying gangs use in the US.

[Csxgp382]

@nevereveroutline Actually, railroads here in the US use high tech machines, track gangs were eliminated in the 1970s. Also, concrete is more expensive, and many tracks already have wooden ties that don't need replacing- they still work.

[nocatnowaco]

these are really amazing track maintenance machines.

[segundooron]

What a great video. Thanks for posting it. Got to hand it to the Europeans, they lay track quicker and of higher grade than we do. Most of our track in the states is not up to passenger travel standards.

[pitt64jobar]

Awesome.

[hotrodfury]

very cool to watch

[stuartpatto1976]

I think this was when they were laying the new London to edinbrgh track

[idnova427]

Its like a train on top of a train on top of the chrysler building!

[freakyboie19699]

that was awsome

[colliecandle]

This is one seriously interesting film ! MORE please

[inbever]

ok infrabel but there is a company from booischot (bel) that only works for infrabel with those sort of machine's so infrabel isnt the owner but a leaser or tenant. because the workmen who work on that sort of trains working for the company from booischot

[dionysos46]

It's in Belgium, UIC track 1,435m, with Prandrol Fastclip© system, I think...

[Elmware]

That is just too cool.

What I'm wondering, is this a rail upgrade, replacement or just laying down new tracks?

[ANCESTERSMEMORIES]

a train on a train

[AgioCCpidermaN]

@ANCESTERSMEMORIES trainception perhaps???

[cdennis85]

How did these machines handle the track laying in Curve sections?

[cs512tr]

that is awesome right there

[jaynboom]

Thanks for posting this. Amazing.

[InvasorEspacial007]

Beautiful Video. Is it broad gauge or standart gauge rail tracks?

[JBofBrisbane]

@InvasorEspacial007 - There is one of these TLMs in Queensland, Australia, that lays 1067mm track (3' 6").

[InvasorEspacial007]

Is it broad gauge or standart gauge?

[valentin0z]

i seen 1st device in latvia, riga in 2009

[JulienVercel]

Let me explain a few things: First you see the P93 Track laying train (and its annex WP93) and the C75 ballast cleaner both made by MATISA, a Swiss based company. Then a SSP203 ballast regulator followed by the 09-3X tamping machine, both made by PLASSER&THEURER in Austria. All the machines you see are owned by Infabel, the manager of the Belgian railroad infrastructure.

[wellowh]

there's a Belgian railways logo on the side...

[apneeds]

Machines are making life great...... Introduce more engineers to this world.

[GregInCalifornia]

Awesome!

[ortpotor]

that is high tech never have seen it in Canada

[ahereticiam]

This machine is NOT laying track. It is replacing ties.

[JulienVercel]

@ahereticiam

It is called a Track laying train and after some adjustments it is capable to lay a brand new track on a bed, removing an old track leaving nothing or (like in this video) track renewal (ties and rails or ties alone).

[Junebugg1999]

That's badass, sure beats the old fashioned way