I got to see the loram track cleaning machine today.

[railfan619]

Good evening everyone I got to see the loram track cleaning machine today. Which is very cool cause it's been a few years since. It has been in this area and some of the tracks are beginning to look super dirty and after that train goes though the tracks. Look alot better but one thing I noticed is that it does not move very fast the train is only about 10-12 cars long and does not have a very big crew from what. I saw because it was right behind my work on the Cp/Amtrak line on the south side of milwaukee. Today also one thing that I did notice is that when I got back to the garage tonight it was parked on one of the sidetracks and it was still running so. I' am wondering does this train take so long to get setup that the crew just keeps it running though out the night or do they do most of there work at night. When rail traffic is more slower. Or how does that type of work go when they want to clean tracks on a main line like Cp/Amtrak. Thanks for any input into this subject.

[chad thomas]

Too Cool !!!

About 16 years ago I met my dad and hid brother at Tehachapi and we met the forman of Loram's RG-8 (rail grinder) railfanning the loop that day. He invited us to meet him in town that night for the grande tour. We spent many hours hanging out with him that night while the grinder was being serviced for the next days work. Got a Loram hat too. The same grinder came to Cascade Locks, Or. a few years later when I lived in Stevenson, Wa. (across the river) but the forman was not the same guy . Anyway that was too cool.