Bealville Track Maintenance Cranes

Scene not shown on our Tehachapi DVD. Two mobile track cranes move rails off of the roadbed down to the ballast. An hour later, it was non-stop action through Bealville. Copyright © 2007, Jason Paul Kazarian. All rights reserved. More at:

http://leftbrainedgeeks.com/rf.htm

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Southern
• Pacific
• SP
• Tehachapi
• Bealville
• railroad
• maintenance
• track
• ballast

[mafarnz]

That's something you don't see every day.

[Marv1k]

i run a tie crane for a b rail it is awesome to see something after you travelled the country to see it in action

[atlaskiller]

old machines, working method is from te 18th century.

Never heared off rail excavators?

[bert26a]

pretty easy to see why the railroads are switching to modified hydraulic excavators for this kind of work.