Track Repair at Penn Station: Time Lapse

[gmpullman]

Amtrak posted a short video showing repairs at New York's Pennsylvania Station:

 

 

Now I'd like to see some of the operation in real-time... especially that walking gantry!

Enjoy—

Ed

[rrinker]

 Would you look at that, they lay track ALMOST as fast as Mike Rose 

                        --Randy

 

[7j43k]

Interesting that they chose to use Snap-track instead of hand laid.

 

Ed

[gmpullman]

7j43k

Interesting that they chose to use Snap-track instead of hand laid.

 

Ed

 

No room overhead to swing a tack hammer?  One of those machines must be a caulk applicator and spreader 

Ed²