Video: Railroad Track Repair.

[Wayout]

Bringing the assembly line to the field.   

http://wimp.com/traintrack/

[FiLtH]

Cool.

[oakranger]

Must be European system of fixing railroad tracks.  Vary cool. 

[SlapShot]

Must be European system of fixing railroad tracks.  Vary cool. 

Infrabel manages, maintains and develops railway infrastructure in Belgium.

[oakranger]

Infrabel manages, maintains and develops railway infrastructure in Belgium.

A little different in America, but same basic system of repairing.  The ties look like concrete, correct me if i am wrong.  In America they still used tar cover wooded ties.  The machinery in the video is vary impressive. 

[Meatwad]

Thats neat.

Watching LORAM work is a treat too.

[Babalonian]

A little different in America, but same basic system of repairing.  The ties look like concrete, correct me if i am wrong.  In America they still used tar cover wooded ties.  The machinery in the video is vary impressive. 

All "new" ties they now purchase are reinforced concrete.  I think it's purely economical, but I think it's an environmental thing too.  However, they recycle as much of the existing tar-treated ties (recycle them from abandoned tracks, renovated tracks, or trade/purchase them from metro projects that take over an old/abandoned track to make a new subway/busway) and use the recycled ties for repairs on the majority of existing track that still use the old-fashioned ties.  Tar railroad ties are getting expensiver and expensiver and I don't think hardly anyone manufactures them anymore.

[Meatwad]

Illinois Central used to have a tie facility in Carbondale.....ground is still contaminated there from what was in the tar

[ZetaNine]

VERY cool vid.  I love stuff like this. takes me back to being a kid in grammer school......these are the kind of films we watched in class.  sadly..that was back when we were actually building our infrastructure in the usa...now it's desolving..and this kinds of stuff in the film happens in other countries now.

[cattb]

There is a place by me that still makes treated wood ties http://www.stella-jones.com
 The power plant by where I live burns garbage and old railroad ties, railroad ties that of no use to the railroad are shipped to a plant, located by the powerplant.  The old ties are sorted there. The better ties are sold to home improvement stores and the old non reusable ties are grounded to chips.
 The ground chips are taken to the power plant where they are run through a hammer mill and turned to a powder . The garbage is taken there and sorted and also run through a hammer mill. The garbage is mixed with the old ties and injected for a fluid flame and burnt for power.
http://www.xcelenergy.com/Minnesota/Company/About_Energy_and_Rates/Power%20Generation/WisconsinPlants/Pages/FrenchIslandGeneratingPlant.aspx
I did some work for the tie grinding company few years ago and in trade I received ties from them that used for fencing. Some of the ties, not many had copper nails in them with a date stamped on them.

[bozon]

Another train laying its own tracks (Wallace&Gromit classic):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEoLn2NWcM&feature=related

[Tigger29]

Another train laying its own tracks (Wallace&Gromit classic):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUEoLn2NWcM&feature=related

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[Meatwad]

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[bozon]

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ok then... screw youtube:
http://www.vbox7.com/play:3bd9da42

a bit too long, intended part starts at 02:30.

[MiloMorai]

Illinois Central used to have a tie facility in Carbondale.....ground is still contaminated there from what was in the tar

Coal tar creosote is what was used on the ties (sleepers). It is a carcinogen.