Track Maintenance Machine

Don't know much about this impressive machine, except that it cleans the ballast on the track. I'll have another video of it in action up soon. Taped at Peck Park in Galesburg, IL on August 11th, 2009.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Railroads
• Machines
• Railroad
• Track
• Maintenance
• Galesburg
• Illinois

[chiefsroc]

buc ballest under cutter

[johnnymolson]

I work for cp in british columbia and I know that this machine is called a super gopher. it cuts all the ballast under the track and we work behind it and put new ballast in the track. that guy makes $29 an hr in canada.

[njRRtrainer]

Great to catch this units at wokr on the move - I have lots of stills of the units on sidings or being repaired.. Thnx

[juvmol]

very impresive machine and its like its just made a stop in front of you to be all on video , thumbs up

[duffy1285]

its a balist cleaner/under cutter



[thelammantor]

I SAW ONE ON A NJ TRANSIT LINE ONCE

[kabato48]

i saw one of these going over the highway one time and couldn't figure out what it was at first. the one i saw was throwing sparks everywhere.