Wierd Stuff

[miniwyo]

Hey y'all

I just have one quick question, What is this piece of equipment? Its the top one on the page.

http://www.geocities.com/miniwyo/hayfield.html

This pic was taken by me in Rock Springs Wyoming.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Looks like some sort of track inspection car.

The front part actually looks like a British Locomotive.

[cherokee woman]

Locomutt says it is a type of track inspection car; I thought it was the Sperry Railcar,
but he says it doesn't look like the pictures of the Sperry Railcar that was here at
the Paducah and Louisville yard several years ago. He actually got to go inside the
railcar. Unfortunately, I had to sit in the car.

[edblysard]

Rail inspection car, or the lead unit(control cab) for a rail grinder.
Ed

[cherokee woman]

What is the rail vehicle in the background?!?!?!

Is it, by chance, a galloping goose?

[miniwyo]

Sorry to tell ya Cherokee Woman, but, there is no rail equipment back there. there are no rails between the focuse piece of equipment and the neighbourhood behind it.

[dehusman]

Its an in track welder (welds rails together in place in the track).

Dave H

[mudchicken]

Dave H. has it right...it's another Prussian nightmare, a production flash-butt welder.....Ed is not far off though, Plasser uses the longer cab part in multiple applications (CAT TAmpers, P8-11 Concrete Tie Layers, stoneblowers, track geometry cars, etc.)

Rock Kickin' Mud Chicken
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[miniwyo]

So do you know how exactly that it works??

[mudchicken]

Hydraulics and an awful lot of electrical juice. Leaves up to 3 foot long stubs and anglebars everywhere! There must be other equipment with it to do production work.