Sperry Rail Service Inspection Car

Anonymous

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April 2003
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:31 PM

Do anyone know if the major Railroads own their own SRS Cars or are they contracted out to do the work? If they own their own, how many does a railroad use over their system?

Larry

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mudchicken

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December 2001
From: Denver / La Junta
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Posted by mudchicken on Thursday, August 5, 2004 12:45 PM

Union Pacific still owns a good number of rail flaw detector cars.

Santa Fe's rail detector technology (ultrasonic) and cars were sold to Herzog.

Each railroad has a slightly different approach to detecting rail flaws.

Sperry uses magnetic detections primarilly.

All but a very few railroads contract out rail flaw detection to the Herzogs, Dapco's and Sperry's of the world.

Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west

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garr

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March 2004
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Posted by garr on Thursday, August 5, 2004 3:11 PM

CSX had some of its own rail detection hi-rail trucks in the past. Don't know if they still do.

Jay

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wcfan4ever

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May 2002
From: Reedsville, WI
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Posted by wcfan4ever on Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:29 PM

How many rail detectors does SRS have? I know they have ones that look like BUDD cars and I have seen them before. Is there just one or is there multiple ones. One was in town by me one week and heard that there was another in California the next.

Dave Howarth Jr. Livin' On Former CNW Spur From Manitowoc To Appleton In Reedsville, WI

- Formerly From The Home of Wisconsin Central's 5,000,000th Carload

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UPTRAIN

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June 2002
From: Independence, MO
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Posted by UPTRAIN on Thursday, August 5, 2004 7:34 PM

They are ex-gas electric doodlebugs is all I know, don't think any are double units. The most recent one I saw was the SRS 134. This one was named, I can't remember the name though, anyone got pix?

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