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3:00 P.M. "I've Been Working on the Railroad'
These Norfolk Southern Rail Bed Repair guys on this crew if about 70 men hails mostly from the South..Tennessee, Alabama...and of course I caught up with them well after the "crack of Noon" when I get to the Office...just after they had lunch!
This machine follows one that just went through pulling the spikes out of the ties that need to be replaced. now this one grabs the rails, hydraulically lifts them, as these big grappling hooks grab the ties and pulls them out from underneath the rails. They can pull them to either side depending on the terrain. This thing lifts the rails, and slides those heavy ties like they are toothpicks! Unbelievable! As you view these images as a slideshow...one right after the other, you can actually see the process taking place.
My Grand Dad Paul Zubriski worked on the D.L. & W. or Lackawanna Railroad from 1915 to the mid 1950's...and I'm sure that he would be having a heart attack today in absolute amazement if he could see how this was all done today! Sure saves a lot of backs!
Once the ties are pushed out..another car comes by and piles them up & bands them for removal...and then these same machines then come back through and slide the new ties, which were already laid out along the track, into place the same way they were removed.
This machine follows one that just went through pulling the spikes out of the ties that need to be replaced. now this one grabs the rails, hydraulically lifts them, as these big grappling hooks grab the ties and pulls them out from underneath the rails. They can pull them to either side depending on the terrain. This thing lifts the rails, and slides those heavy ties like they are toothpicks! Unbelievable! As you view these images as a slideshow...one right after the other, you can actually see the process taking place.
My Grand Dad Paul Zubriski worked on the D.L. & W. or Lackawanna Railroad from 1915 to the mid 1950's...and I'm sure that he would be having a heart attack today in absolute amazement if he could see how this was all done today! Sure saves a lot of backs!
Once the ties are pushed out..another car comes by and piles them up & bands them for removal...and then these same machines then come back through and slide the new ties, which were already laid out along the track, into place the same way they were removed.
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