BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!

[TrainFreak409]

Hi EVERYBODY!

Go to freewebs.com/trainfreak409, then LORAM pics, to find out about THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!


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[Noah Hofrichter]

Oh man do I envy you now, getting into a rail grinder, or for that matter seeing a rail grinder in the first place! I wish I could be so lucky, but I doubt a regional like the WSOR will ever use one of these. You are one lucky guy.

Noah

[FThunder11]

Whats a rail grinder?

[choochin3]

I was in Sykesville last Sunday!Guess I picked the wrong weekend![:D]

[athelney]

Nice pictures of the LORAM unit -- it's clean too - normally they get really grimy - the Pandrol Jackson units up here in Canada are always covered in rust etc .

[jeaton]

Scott-

Nice work, dude. Send those to Bergie for the picture of the day slot. I think he likes that stuff as a break of locomotive shots.

Jay

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by FThunder11

Whats a rail grinder?

Briefly, a collection of rail equipment whose job it is to reshape the head of the rail. A number of situations (I'm sure MC can expound at length) can cause the rail to wear to a less than optimum shape. The grinders (there are numerous grinding heads) fix that.

There are a couple of companies that specialize in rail grinding. Loram is one.

[Anonymous]

Wow, that's something else! I've seen a few rail grinding trains in my lifetime, but haven't been as fortunate as you were!

[edblysard]

Things look a little different from up there, dont they?

Ed

[Anonymous]

Good for you, Scott!

I see the retired B&O signal mast in your last view...I wrote about that here several weeks ago. And I must confess I've been through Sykesville a time or dozen. :^)

[JoeKoh]

Scott
good job. Keep up the good work!!! saw rg 306 in wauseon last week.
stay safe
Joe

[miniwyo]

WOW! Those are great I wish I had a chance like that!!

[jeaton]

Scott-Did I call that? Get the ride and the picture of the day!! Way to go.

Jay

[Willy2]

Really neat! It must have been a really great experience to be up in the cab of that rail grinder!

[UPTRAIN]

Congrats for you, cool that you got to get on the LORAM. I got to go up into and ride in the cab of a Pendrol Jackson rail grinder, I still have a large chunk of the charred rail shavings. See my cab ride topic and see my photos from it at http://www.trainweb.org/semorails/2004photos13.html . Thanks yall!

[Anonymous]

I've seen three grinders, I've never been in the cab of one.

[Anonymous]

Cool looks like a lot of fun! [tup]

[Anonymous]

I live in Ft Scott, KS. on the BNSF Ft. Scott Sub. Several years ago I worked for an oil company in Ft. Scott that had a contract to fuel the locals that tied up there at night. Got to sit in a bunch of cabs etc. One day we got a call asking us if we could fuel a rail grinder train that was scheduled to tie up in Ft Scott for the night. The train showed up right at dusk and put on quite a show as it gorund it's way into town. There were sparks flying everywhere as it ground to a halt right outside my office window. We had the bobtail loaded with diesel fuel and proceeded across the tracks and down to the train. While fueling I got a tour of the train including the cab and all the machinery on the train. My favorite part was at the rear of the train. There they had mounted a high pressure hose system to put out fires that were started by the flying sparks. That train took a lot of fuel and then they started to work on the machinery to get it ready for the next days mission. Wish I would have had a camera handy as it was quite a show!!!!!