How about a challenge for interesting shots of trains Here is a few to start with: http://cwt.railfan.net/photos2/bakfld2/sf4707sf688.jpg http://cwt.railfan.net/photos2/barstow/railgrind1.jpg Ok Guys and Gals Your Turn [ 03 May 2002, 00:30: Message edited by: LadySunshine ]
LS- The latter two came through just fine. But I get a "Geocities Page Not Available" on the first two??? BoxcabE50
Barb, those Geocities are unfriendly. Glad you deleted the links. While you were doing that I was doctoring up a reply photo. So many of mine are so dark, I have to fix them one at a time. Yeah, the MOW one looks like a giant insect, doesn't it? You know that anything I answer will include steam. Here's the New Hope and Ivyton #40 giving herself a steam bath in 1995.
This is what it says under that weird shot: Rail Grinder at work on the new wye. I have no idea what a wye is so don't ask
(My Captions...some of them) Gotta Love those Soviets! I'm Only Three Years Old!!! (this locomotive is both Diesel AND Steam!!! The PROPER Soviet way to convert a coal burner to oil! http://parovoz.com/gallery/p38_1.jpg Well.... http://parovoz.com/gallery/l-1092.jpg Has anyone seen a rail Fan around here, about 5’5”, dark coat? When I’ll find that rail fan I’ll... Another Monument...they love their monuments...did they just decide it would be easier to build the station wall around the Locomotive? I wonder… do you think a rail fan lives here? http://parovoz.com/gallery/su-rakhov.jpg Is this really Rakhov? I always thought Russia was… http://parovoz.com/gallery/FDp20-578.jpg Great Monument! Nazi Tie Breaker [ 03 May 2002, 07:57: Message edited by: Benny ]
Well, this started with a picture of a rail rinder. Here is another one that I caught in Anderson Indiana. It is a Loram C-210 Low Profile Rail Grinder. There are more shots of it at work on my Railroads of Madison County site. Roger Roger Hensley - madisonrails@railfan.net == http://madisonrails.railfan.net/ == == Railroads of Madison County (Indiana) ==
Lady Sunshine said that whe didn't know what a Wye was and I didn't see anyone respond to that. A Wye is a series of tracks and switches that permit the turning of railroad cars and equipment. Here is a drwaing meant for modeling that will give you the idea. Roger Roger Hensley – madisonrails@railfan.net == http://cid.railfan.net/eci_new.html == == East Central Indiana HO Scale Railroad ==
Thanks Roger, Now I see why the wye got it's name it is shaped like a Y. What does that rail grinder really do, Roger? I am curious "Yellow"
It reshapes the railhead to put the proper surface and contour on it. Especially on curves, the railhead will wear. This in turn causes more wear on the wheels. Reshaping the rails helps prevent more wear and helps the rail itself last much longer. It is a very loud and smokey operation. In this particular device, there is a person in the end car that controls a water cannon to put out any fires that are started by the sparks from the grinding and there are sparks! Sometimes the brush and weeds beside the track begin to burn as does the wooden timbers at grade crossings and even the ties themselves. It is spectacular at night!
Barb, you better wear stout earplugs, eye protection, and leather welder's coveralls! A Grinder came by the house before dawn a while back .... it was enough to wake the dead and light up the sky! Camilla and I came up off the bed at least 2 feet Damndest contraption we ever saw The interesting thing was that train wheels "sang" from the grooves on the rails for at least 6 months afterwards.
Benny, Maybe you can correct me on this one. Here is a big Russian....It is a 4-14-2 (solid frame) Landreev, originally made for the Siberian run to Kamchatka on the 5 foot gauge. (I think). It is an impressive engine! (I don't think it will take a #4 switch though). But it is unusual, and HUGE! Note that the PISTON rod goes all the way back to the 4th driver set, with a dual connecting rod between the 4th and 5th drivers set. This keeps the timing close because the VALVE GEAR Rod is on the 5th driver set. Inboard of all this, is a full set of driving rods clevissed between every driver set 2 through 6 to allow for uneven track. There is also a hinge type joint on rods at driver sets 3 and 5 to provide side motion for slight curves. The first two and last two driver axels were provided with side-slip bearings so the axels could move horizontally several (inches) for the same purpose with dampening springs as an aid in guiding the front drivers and to prevent "Hunting" on less then perfectly straight trackage at speed. Except for the pounding from that long piston rod, the idea was mathmatically sound, but became so complicated, it prooved too expensive to maintain. It also fell through a bridge from its own weight, and after this it was salvaged and scrapped. (Perhaps the out-of balance pounding shook the bridge apart?) During tests, the driver counterweights were milled out and poured full of lead in an attempt to balance the excessive reciprocating weight of all that driving rod hardware, but not enough for full balance.) That must have been a thrill to see running under steam, like a huge non-articulated monster machine stomping thunderously across the Siberian wilderness! [ 04 May 2002, 05:23: Message edited by: watash ]
