Never seen that before. Thanks for posting!
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| Posted by on December 14, 2011 | |
Certainly a unique perspective to railroading. Sweet shot and thanks for sharing.
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Seems as if this would be just a little tough on wooden ties.
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Very neat, Mike! Nice to see some MOW action on here.
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| Posted by Sport! on December 15, 2011 | |
What's that cooking on the rail head? Chicken pot-pie perhaps?
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Nicely composed, to boot!
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Have to heat the rail to expand it to reweld the joint. I see maybe two wooden ties burning. Neat shot. Thanks for posting it.
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I've heard of this but never actually seen it being done. Looks like they caused a small brush fire in the process. Thanks for sharing Mike. Can someone give some more detail on how this is done? I'm sure it isn't just a matter of pouring diesel on the rail since it would burn off too quickly. Is there a gel or putty type material that they squeeze into place?
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| Posted by on December 15, 2011 | |
It seems like something is wrong on Doc Emmett Brown's time machine; just one fire trail.
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Looks like Speedy Gonzales just ran across the bottom of that rail.
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| Posted by Thomas on December 15, 2011 | |
The best place to be is at the pull apart itself where you can actually see and hear the rail expanding. Great shot of a facinating process.
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| Posted by Andrew on December 18, 2011 | |
This is a great shot
I have a problem with this shot. On the right hand rail in the picture, there is one sleeper going slightly out of shot to the lower right, then there are three in full view. Is that not a rail joint for 'non continous welded rail' between the third and fourth sleeper? Would there be one type of rail joint on one rail and another on the other side?
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MoW crews use a product called Fire-Snake or diesel gelled with newspaper shreds. They apply it to the rail and light it with a fusee. The heated rail expands to close the break where a field weld can be made. If a plug was cut out and one installed to fill the full length of the break, then the stress-free temperature of the rail would decrease. This would make the track prone to buckling in the summer time. It's a constant battle against nature!
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At first I thought France was testing another high speed train!
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I learned something new. Thanks for sharing!
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Great Scott, Where is Doc Brown now going too.
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