| Author | Message | ||
| Gary LaBombard (Garylee)
Registered Member Username: Garylee Post Number: 241 Registered: 3-2004 Posted From: 64.12.116.203 Rating: N/A |
Look at and enjoy, I hope this is not deleted. http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ Gary | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 446 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 96.42.5.35  Rating: N/A |
Amazing!! Thanks Gary | ||
| Patrick levenson (Zubzub)
Registered Member Username: Zubzub Post Number: 252 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 70.52.29.224  Rating: N/A |
Yeah thats pretty cool. The best part is the amazing 300 ft lengths of track they use. I've seen them on trains, they just lay them over a bunch of cars and they flex as the train goes around bends. Also very cool is the was they join the 300 ft lengths. It's called a thermite weld, they butt the ends then put a form over it that has chemicals in it, the ignite the chemicals and the heat in the form welds the ends together. No oxygen to oxidize in the form, and the welds after being ground down and driven over a few dozen times are invisible. from the top. (Message edited by zubzub on August 31, 2010) (Message edited by zubzub on August 31, 2010) | ||
| Don Evans (Doninwa)
Registered Member Username: Doninwa Post Number: 279 Registered: 1-2007 Posted From: 208.81.157.234  Rating: N/A |
Thanks for posting. My father was a tie gang foreman and then a section foreman. I even worked on a tie gang for a short time. That was back when ties were still wood even on the main line. Very interesting. Don 4107 | ||
| david anderson (Davidanderson)
Registered Member Username: Davidanderson Post Number: 262 Registered: 2-2004 Posted From: 69.153.67.228 Rating: N/A |
Wow, thanks for that. I really enjoyed watching it. Think of how many men that deleted in such back breaking work. Remember old movies where you see a rail gang driving spikes all hitting on cue to some gospel hymn? David | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 447 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 96.42.5.35 Rating: N/A |
Interesting to think about all those spikes driven by hand. Back in the early 70's I watched a prison labor gang hand lay and drive ties ( I was delivering rail). What a massive amount of work. |