Here is a completely unedited video of the two machines in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN2wnU7cs9U
WinonaBill
Ahh - CTRL + F5 did it - thanks ! !
Larry and mudchicken about nailed these. Only comments I can add are that -
The tamper as pictured was most likely operating in 'spot' tamping mode - because the light 'buggies' - which are used to provide the straight light beam for reference during the surfacing and lining operations over longer distances - are still folded up and hung on the front = left side of photo in the 'traveling' position. Watching it should have been a very noisy and literally earth-shaking experience, if you could get close enough. They are wonderful and productive and efficient machines - when they're running and not 'down' - 'nothing else like them in the world', either.
Likewise, the ballast regulator as pictured is mostly also in 'traveling' mode - maybe the wing on the far side is down and doing something, but the front plow [again on the left side of the photo], the rear broom, and the near side wing are all in the 'up' position.
If you're able to post video of the tamper in action, I'd like to see that. Thanks for sharing.
- Paul North.
(#1) Jackson 6700 Production Tamper & Curve Liner (Surfacing Machine) It's not digging, it's Squeezing (compacting & consolidating rock under the ties)...it also moves the track structure left, right, up and down using a light beam connected to hydraulic machinery. (VERY expen$ive machine)
(#2) Kershaw Model 46 Ballast Regulator
Paul, I think you need to somehow refresh your web browser so it pulls in the new images from the webspage. If using Internet Explorer, try F5.
With that link, all I get is the 3 pictures of the RFID tag and readers etc. from last week.
What am I missing here, because evidently Larry (above) was able to see something ?
Thanks in advance.
- Paul.
First is a tamper, I believe, and the second is a ballast regulator.
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I posted this yesterday in the wrong section I believe, oops.
Hi, posted two more pictures of rail equipment today. On my lunch I was taking some video of these machines work but couldn't get close enough to see what they really do. Picture #1 was operating outside of the rails digging. Picture operated to one side of rails and between the rails.
http://www.hbci.com/~bkuhl/RailQuestion1.htm
Thanks for any replies.
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