... more maintenance on the CSX main in the Dayton, OH area... this is at Taylorsville and while I couldn't wait for the entire show, looked to be prep for installation of a new crossover... just like on the model railroads!
That switch looks just like model RR. So perfectly aligned in a jig. Right off a shelf and out of the box, new.
Gee, even weathered with a real looking coat of paint that looks like rust!!!!!! :mbiggrin::tb-biggrin::tb-wink:
in this particular case it is art imitating life. Railroad track has been built in the panel track method since the beginning. Charlie
Hmmmm. Interesting. You know, I don't really have a use for my TTX container flat. Perhaps a kitbash could come out like that one.
They did something similar while refurbishing a grade crossing near me just a week or two ago. They brought in the ties and rail, and built up the 30 feet or so needed to cross the street alongside the tracks. Then they dug up and cut out the old section of rail, dropped and welded the new section in place, and ballasted and filled, and finished by paving. The whole process had the road blocked for less than 36 hours I'd say. 48 tops. And that includes 16 hours of "go home, kiss the wife, eat dinner, sleep" time. not as extensive as this switch replacement, but interesting to watch. Also, my father had to supervise the replacement of the primary spur switch into the chemical plant he worked at some 30-odd years ago. Same process. Plant management gave them 24 hours to shut down the spur (all the reserve storage capacity they had for their product), so they built the switch on the side, dug up the old one and replaced it in a "swap-out" move much like this one.