I've seen this done numerous times on the CN line that goes through the town I live in. It's cool watching them bang the track back together, and hearing the cracking of tracks at times.
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Was this track ribbon rail or a continuous welded piece? Nice shot by the way!!
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James, I don’t recall if the rest of the main through here was welded rail or not, but the break was at a regular rail joint, probably due to being near the grade crossing.
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| Posted by joe on August 9, 2020 | |
A very interesting " working" shot.
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Judging by the length of the track being heated, I'm going to assume that it's continuous welded rail. I've seen them do it a few times here. Most of the track where I live is welded, with a couple spots that weren't a while back. When they worked on the continuous welded rail, the flames were this long. But, when they worked on jointed rail, it was much shorter flame.
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So AWESOME with remarks, notes & photo. Thanks, Mike, for sharing.
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| Posted by Baer on August 12, 2020 | |
Here I thought they got the Locomotive up to 88 mph
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