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<p>Yes, they are pulled by locomotives, often rebuilt from EMD GP series locomotives or older GE locomotives. The locomotives are owned by the rail grinder company and are only used in that service.</p><p>A rail grinder train consists of a locomotive, several grinder cars with several spinning grinding stones each, and then a water car or two equipped with high-pressure hoses to put out fires started by the sparks. That's the idea, anyway...</p><p>Each rail grinding train is different, so if you were to kitbash one, you should choose one, or create a freelanced version (there are so many types I don't think anyone would notice) from scratch. You'd want to install flickering LEDs underneath the cars (easy to do with DCC) to provide the sparks effect.</p><p>Good luck, and if you go ahead and build this, be sure to keep us updated with photos![:)] <br></p>
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