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Video of UPRR MOW Equipment @ Austin TX

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Video of UPRR MOW Equipment @ Austin TX
Posted by spbed on Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:31 PM

Video of a piece of MOW equipment entering a siding @ Austin TX. The train is moving on the UPRR Austin TX Sub

Here is the link to the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_5RqYx48ww

Smile

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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Posted by Rikers Yard on Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:08 PM

That would be a ballast regulator. They are used to evenly distribute ballast over the roadbed before and after it is surfaced.

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Posted by spbed on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 7:44 AM

Thanks & there was a train sitting behind me waiting to proceed once the MOW piece had safely entered the siding trackSmile

 

 

 

 

Rikers Yard

That would be a ballast regulator. They are used to evenly distribute ballast over the roadbed before and after it is surfaced.

Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR  Austin TX Sub

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