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Posted by John WR on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 7:15 PM

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Aren't England, Austrailia and the United States all countries that are separated by a common language?

Not to mention our neighbors to the north, the Canadians.  

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Posted by Overmod on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 7:27 PM

Can I do a reset on this question for the benefit of the original poster (as I don't think either question he asked has been answered yet...

Question number 1 was:

 

couleecactus
Who manufactures these rail-grinding units?

Question number 2 was:

Also, I see it is a Loram unit. Now Loram used to be a subsidiary of Mannix Corp., based out of Calgary, AB. Mannix also owned Manalta Coal Ltd. until they were acquired by Luscar Coal in 1997. Does anybody know if Loram is still owned by Mannix?

Before we drift even further into new worlds of meaning and expression... let's at least give him these two things he posted about.

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 7:44 PM

John WR
Not to mention our neighbors to the north, the Canadians.  

Eh?

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Posted by John WR on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 9:45 PM

Ever since I read The Impossible Railway by Pierre Berton I've wanted to go across Canada by train.  Maybe I will before I die.  

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Posted by tree68 on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 10:41 PM

 

couleecactus
Who manufactures these rail-grinding units?

Loram and Harsco both build their own equipment.

Also, I see it is a Loram unit. Now Loram used to be a subsidiary of Mannix Corp., based out of Calgary, AB. Mannix also owned Manalta Coal Ltd. until they were acquired by Luscar Coal in 1997. Does anybody know if Loram is still owned by Mannix?

According to this site:

http://business.highbeam.com/437064/article-1G1-146221749/loram-machines-just-grind-right-along-keeping-track

Mannix still owns Loram (which apparently stands for Long Range Mannix)


 

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