Loram Rail Grinder
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Uploaded by fiddler04967 on Feb 5, 2008
Loram Rail Grinder on the NS Reading Line at Macungie and Emmaus, PA
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@fiddler04967 I work for Loram MOW. To reply to you and to rockhound, it's more than fuel savings; Ideally the weight of rolling stock and a locomotive should be placed on the head of the rail on a area no larger than a DIME. When the rails wear flat it creates more friction and wear on rolling stock. We can extend the life of the rail up to 12 years depeneding on traffic. That's a huge savings for any railroad. This machine is older. I work on a new one for CP RG404. The largest we have.
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@Midnight1XCoffee Sounds like a K5LA.
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Whats the Rail-Grinder for What does it do?... By that i mean Why do they grind it and how does it help?....
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Here in Australia, that would be the bushfire express.
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@Midnight1XCoffee its a nathan P5
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I've had the pleasure of seeing this twice once sitting in the small yard at Ludlow, Ky and once going across a bridge working in Covington, KY!!!
Oh Ludlow is NS and in Covington CSX if you were wondering about which railroad it was on!!! I hear its awesome to see one working at night and I can imagine it would be
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Are they carrying extra fuel or water to put out fires or both? Great video! Thanks!
kartwood 2 months ago
@kartwood Yes
fiddler04967 2 months ago
i work for loram back in 1990, and at that time they got $1200.00 USD a mile to grind, that was for conrail a the time, it was RG19 too i think its RG319 now been soo long. the horn blow from approching train is just to macke sure u were clear of the live side of the machine from the passing train.
johnnycan1990 4 months ago
@johnnycan1990 Thanks for the reply. Always good to get the info from a professional in the field!
fiddler04967 2 months ago
Whats the horn on the ns train at the absolute beginning
Midnight1XCoffee 10 months ago
@Midnight1XCoffee I don't know. I'm not a horn officianado so couldn't tell ya.
fiddler04967 10 months ago