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Ever witnessed old tracks being replaced with new? <br /> <br />I remember, when I was a kid, the local rail tracks about 1Km from my house were being replaced. Me and my friend who used to be into trains too used to go there <br />and be there entire day (minus lunch time) just watching the works. <br />It was quite a sight: <br /> <br />The workers put a temorary set of rails that were wider than regular rails by what looked like 2 meters (meter on each side of the old tracks). I have no idea how did they manage to stand there without fliping, but anyway, this HUGE vehicle was moving on these wider rails, howering above the regular tracks, grabed the tracks and pulled them in the air (together with the wooden thingies) , shaken them to get rid of dirt and rocks, then load them on a car (that was sitting on a normal tracks ahead). Then they put new ones in. <br /> <br />Then they'd put some more of these wide rails, and the whole thing moved ahead. They replaced about 40km (25 miles) of tracks that way. <br />It was quite a job. <br /> <br />I can't remember one thing though. I have no Idea how did the that large machine get there since it ran on these ultra wide gauge temorary rails
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