Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
TE ban...@nc.rr.com To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' mercedes@okiebenz.com Err parallel, not perpendicular No, Tarek, you were right the first time. Rails can be parallel, but also have positive or negative camber, which is perpendicularity or lack thereof. I'll bet that can get out of whack too. DBV, geometry major information minister ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
Van Knutson southpaw0...@yahoo.com writes: No, Tarek, you were right the first time. Rails can be parallel, but also have positive or negative camber, which is perpendicularity or lack thereof. I'll bet that can get out of whack too. Pretty sure they also bank the rails in curves so that the outer rail is somewhat higher than the inner, depending on the radius of the curve and the speed limit on the track. -- 1983 300D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
Interesting clip. It would appear the machine is not actually laying track though. Rather it looks like its re-laying track. Pulls the track out of the way, lays new ties, re-ballasts. The ballasting is a pretty rigorous procedure... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Track laying machine Message-ID: 169d4c.3cbd0eb9.3995e...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
Actually it's doing more than that. Amtrak had one on the northeast corridor between Baltimore and dc. For prep work they drop sections of ribbon rail on each side of the old track, then weld the sections into a continuous piece. The machine comes by and unclips the old rails from the old sleepers. It then spreads the old rails out while lifting them. Where the spread is wide enough, it pulls up the old sleeper and pulls the ballast, drops in a new sleeper. It then pulls in the new rails, bringing them under the old rails, and then clips the rails into the sleepers. The process is continuous. Some of these track renewal trains can even clean the old ballast! Neat stuff! -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Aug 13, 2010, at 8:56, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Interesting clip. It would appear the machine is not actually laying track though. Rather it looks like its re-laying track. Pulls the track out of the way, lays new ties, re-ballasts. The ballasting is a pretty rigorous procedure... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Track laying machine Message-ID: 169d4c.3cbd0eb9.3995e...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
The machine runs the track to survey for slight differences in rail height, perpendicularity, level, etc. It then utilizes the equipment you see in the video to rebalance and re-level railroad track. Although most major railroad companies have them, they are manufactured by the Austiran based company Plasser. Plasser American, the US headquarters is based in Chesapeake, VA TE -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of John Reames Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine Actually it's doing more than that. Amtrak had one on the northeast corridor between Baltimore and dc. For prep work they drop sections of ribbon rail on each side of the old track, then weld the sections into a continuous piece. The machine comes by and unclips the old rails from the old sleepers. It then spreads the old rails out while lifting them. Where the spread is wide enough, it pulls up the old sleeper and pulls the ballast, drops in a new sleeper. It then pulls in the new rails, bringing them under the old rails, and then clips the rails into the sleepers. The process is continuous. Some of these track renewal trains can even clean the old ballast! Neat stuff! -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Aug 13, 2010, at 8:56, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Interesting clip. It would appear the machine is not actually laying track though. Rather it looks like its re-laying track. Pulls the track out of the way, lays new ties, re-ballasts. The ballasting is a pretty rigorous procedure... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Track laying machine Message-ID: 169d4c.3cbd0eb9.3995e...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
Err parallel, not perpendicular -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of TE Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 5:38 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine The machine runs the track to survey for slight differences in rail height, perpendicularity, level, etc. It then utilizes the equipment you see in the video to rebalance and re-level railroad track. Although most major railroad companies have them, they are manufactured by the Austiran based company Plasser. Plasser American, the US headquarters is based in Chesapeake, VA TE -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of John Reames Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine Actually it's doing more than that. Amtrak had one on the northeast corridor between Baltimore and dc. For prep work they drop sections of ribbon rail on each side of the old track, then weld the sections into a continuous piece. The machine comes by and unclips the old rails from the old sleepers. It then spreads the old rails out while lifting them. Where the spread is wide enough, it pulls up the old sleeper and pulls the ballast, drops in a new sleeper. It then pulls in the new rails, bringing them under the old rails, and then clips the rails into the sleepers. The process is continuous. Some of these track renewal trains can even clean the old ballast! Neat stuff! -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Aug 13, 2010, at 8:56, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Interesting clip. It would appear the machine is not actually laying track though. Rather it looks like its re-laying track. Pulls the track out of the way, lays new ties, re-ballasts. The ballasting is a pretty rigorous procedure... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Track laying machine Message-ID: 169d4c.3cbd0eb9.3995e...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
But can they write Gandy Dancer songs and sing them to the correct rhythm? Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of John Reames Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:50 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine Actually it's doing more than that. Amtrak had one on the northeast corridor between Baltimore and dc. For prep work they drop sections of ribbon rail on each side of the old track, then weld the sections into a continuous piece. The machine comes by and unclips the old rails from the old sleepers. It then spreads the old rails out while lifting them. Where the spread is wide enough, it pulls up the old sleeper and pulls the ballast, drops in a new sleeper. It then pulls in the new rails, bringing them under the old rails, and then clips the rails into the sleepers. The process is continuous. Some of these track renewal trains can even clean the old ballast! Neat stuff! -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Aug 13, 2010, at 8:56, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote: Interesting clip. It would appear the machine is not actually laying track though. Rather it looks like its re-laying track. Pulls the track out of the way, lays new ties, re-ballasts. The ballasting is a pretty rigorous procedure... -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT From: relng...@aol.com To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Track laying machine Message-ID: 169d4c.3cbd0eb9.3995e...@aol.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ RLE ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] Track laying machine
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Re: [MBZ] Track laying machine
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:44:57 EDT relng...@aol.com wrote: http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/ That's really amazing! Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
