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THE TAMPER PICKS UP THE TRACK THEN THE CLAWS PLACE GRAVEL OR BALLAST UNDER THE TIES TO LEVEL THEM AT THE RIGHT ANGLE A BALLAST <br />REGULATOR SPREADS THE FRESHLY PLACED BALLAST SO IT LOOKS UNIFORM <br />WHEN TIE NEED REPLACING MOW GANGS HAVE MACHINES CALLED TIE CRANES <br /> &(WAGONS TO CARRY THE NEW TIES) TIE PULLERS TO PULL OUT THE OLD ONES AND REPLACE THEM A SPIKE MACHINE THAT DRIVES IN THE NEW SPIKES AND THEN SOME TIMES A TRACK GEOMERTRY CAR ROLLS OVER THE WORK AREA TO CHECK THE TENSION AND ALIGNMENT OF THE RAILS THE OTHER DAY IN TYLER TX A RAIL GRINDING MACHINE CAME THRU AND GRINDED THE TOPS @SIDES OF EACH RAIL TO HELP PREVENT DERAILS AFTER A LOT OF TRAINS GO BY DURING THE DAY TIME HEAT THE METAL RAILS TEND TO STRETCH AND THIS CAN CAUSE WRECKS LIKE AMTRAKS BUT THATS ONLY ONCE EVERY FEW YEARS
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