Large Scale Central

MOW equipment

Prototypes
#1

I had heard they were laying new ties on a section of little used line in Landrum, SC. The line is cut just beyond a local lumber mill, closing the Saluda Grade to rail traffic. This section of line , with the Saluda Grade closed, only averages 1 car a week. I had hoped to get some video of the work. The ties had already been replaced in Landrum and I found the equipment further south in Gramling. I was disappointed to find the equipment idle. I guess they take Fridays off. This is a large work unit. I only took pictures of half the equipment. Ralph

#2

nice shots Ralph

#3

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/MOW02M.JPG)

Note the split rear wheels centered on on the rail and the proper use of reflective tape :wink:

#4

Ralph, the UP came through Santa Barbara last month to replace something like 46,000 wooden ties. The foreman said they work 8 days on and 8 days off, so if they weren’t working when you stopped by for these pictures, hang in there, they’ll be back, and then be sure to be there. The work of those machines is absolutely fascinating!!! The spike puller and track spiker are really something to watch. Take some (more) good pictures for us then.
By the way, when we go, we go far, not fur, so we go farther, not further. Use further when and if you can substitute “additional” as in “the judge required further proof.”

#5

I see, on the Roanoke web cam, these MOW vehicles from time to time. They run in convoy with a gap between them: to 20’ one I guess mentioned on the truck fender.

It is good to see them here in more detail. Thanks.

#6
Art Sylvester said:
By the way, when we go, we go far, not fur, so we go farther, not further. Use further when and if you can substitute "additional" as in "the judge required further proof."
Art, Examples of further,according to Merriam Webster:

We need to look back further into the past to find the cause of these problems.
I’ve never been further west than St. Louis.
Their house is further up the street.
We need to research further into this matter.
The police have been reluctant to take their investigation any further.
“They are not our friends.” “I would go even further and say they are our enemies.”
I had enough money to invest. I realized, further, that the risk was small.
The town, such as it is, is one of those Northwest places that look like the outskirts of somewhere bigger, further down the road, but turn out to be all there is.

Further up the street, further down the road, further west…need I say more :wink:
Ralph

#7

Ralph, furthermore, according to Merriam Webster:

“Farther and further have been used more or less interchangeably throughout most of their history, but currently they are showing signs of diverging. As adverbs they continue to be used interchangeably whenever spatial, temporal, or metaphorical distance is involved. But where there is no notion of distance, further is used . Further is also used as a sentence modifier <further, the workshop participants were scarcely optimistic — L. B. Mayhew>, but farther is not. A polarizing process appears to be taking place in their adjective use. Farther is taking over the meaning of distance and further the meaning of addition <needed no further invitation”.

"It's farther away than I'd thought."
"They had traveled farther down the Colorado River than any previous explorers."
#8

This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.

#9

Shame ya didn’t catch them working, they can be a bit noisy…and interesting!

{Fred would be proud. Another grammar policemen}…:wink:

#10
Steve Featherkile said:
This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.
:) I don't mind being corrected IF I'm wrong. However, I'm not and it's a matter of personal preference. If Art wishes to pay me for my posts, I will heed his personal preferences ;) It is unfortunate that he has changed the focus of the post to the benefit of no one involved. Ralph
#11

Very nice photographs. I wonder what is in all those buckets???

Tom

#12
Tom Grabenstein said:
Very nice photographs. I wonder what is in all those buckets???

Tom


I was watching a similar operation going on near Barts and I think(but don’t quote me on this) that the buckets hold rail spikes.

#13

I think the drums on the flat are spikes.
Just speculation, but I think the hanging buckets might be for trash.
The stacked buckets are probably hydraulic fluid. With the large number of hydraulic hoses on each piece of equipment,
I bet they can make their own hoses on site.

But Ken may be right. I see both plastic and metal buckets. At work hydraulic fluid comes in plastic buckets.
Unfortunately, even with a 14 megapixel photo, I can’t zoom in on the drums or buckets and read the labels.
Ralph

#14
Ralph Berg said:
Steve Featherkile said:
This is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.
:) I don't mind being corrected IF I'm wrong. However, I'm not and it's a matter of personal preference. If Art wishes to pay me for my posts, I will heed his personal preferences ;) It is unfortunate that he has changed the focus of the post to the benefit of no one involved. Ralph
I'm with you Ralph. I'll wager that Art uses "gender," when he really means "sex," to describe the difference between the male and female of the species, just because it is becoming popular.
#15

David Russell said:

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/MOW02M.JPG)

Note the split rear wheels centered on on the rail and the proper use of reflective tape :wink:

You’ll note also the use of the outriggers while the boom is in operation…:wink:

(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh58/rgseng/CSX%20Trackwork/CSXkent012.jpg)

#16

Smartass!
:):):):slight_smile:

#17

David Russell said:
Smartass! :):):):slight_smile:

(http://www.baronbob.com/images/products/graduationdonkey.jpg)

#18

Ken Brunt said:
You’ll note also the use of the outriggers while the boom is in operation…:wink:

Never did finish them! :wink:

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f72/Shortybear/The%20Railroad/Scratchbuilding/Dec09060.jpg)

#19

(http://freightsheds.largescalecentral.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/MOW05M.JPG)

That is pretty cool! The umbrella that is… :wink: