Part VI
Smokin
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LOL, Randy is flattered that you guys want to talk to him.
He laughed @ the gov't comment. I emailed that image to his work address and he is going to ask the track guys at work for more information.
Good, he says. We're going to find a different way to cook them if they pop up again.
Good, he says. We're going to find a different way to cook them if they pop up again.
Smokin
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Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
So if Randy is still around I have a few things to say:
1: You're a lucky dude. If you don't know why look at the woman next to you. Then slap yourself up-side the head for not knowing why you're so lucky.
2: When are you gonna trade that Nissan in on a PowerStroke?
1: You're a lucky dude. If you don't know why look at the woman next to you. Then slap yourself up-side the head for not knowing why you're so lucky.
2: When are you gonna trade that Nissan in on a PowerStroke?
1/8 mile Oval Track
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From: Newport,Tennessee
Tell Randy he is correct. The rail road is next to where I work,and they was doing this exact thing this week. It makes alot of noise while they are doing it. And when they come back through taking up the excess rock it is a car of some kind with 2 big wheels that look like water wheels ( a big wheel with buckets near a stream) and they scoop up the rock and it goes to a belt that throws it into a car behind it...pretty neat to watch while your working
Hey there Pete. This is Randy - AMTRAK has all the latest toys, don't they? It is hard to tell from the photo, and I'm not all that familiar with AMTRAK equipment since the government gets newer and better stuff than us private guys but it appears that this is an undercutter. What this machine does is lift the rail and ties and "wakes up" the ballast and substructure underneath. As you can imagine, with all that weight cruising on top tends to pack things fairly tight. This machine will disturb, or undercut, the ballast underneath causing the ballast to unpack which will improve drainage. Drainage on a main line is a railroad's worst enemy.
I hope this answers your question, and if I'm wrong, somebody please jump in!
I hope this answers your question, and if I'm wrong, somebody please jump in!
Smokin
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He said he'd buy a Powerstroke if you start the "Buy Randy a Powerstroke" fund.
Tell Randy he is correct. The rail road is next to where I work,and they was doing this exact thing this week. It makes alot of noise while they are doing it. And when they come back through taking up the excess rock it is a car of some kind with 2 big wheels that look like water wheels ( a big wheel with buckets near a stream) and they scoop up the rock and it goes to a belt that throws it into a car behind it...pretty neat to watch while your working
What you're describing, seems kinda like this:
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Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
Scott the technical term for a setup like that is a bucketwheel.
Dirt moving I know.
They use massive bucketwheels for removing overburden in large scale mining operations.
Here's a bucketwheel: Don't mind the dummy in the D8 that got too close.
Edit: Randy beat me to it with the railroad version.
And Randy: I'll start off the "Buy Randy a PowerStroke fund" Where do I send my pennies
so you can get em?
Dirt moving I know.
They use massive bucketwheels for removing overburden in large scale mining operations.
Here's a bucketwheel: Don't mind the dummy in the D8 that got too close.
Edit: Randy beat me to it with the railroad version.
And Randy: I'll start off the "Buy Randy a PowerStroke fund" Where do I send my pennies
so you can get em?
Hotshot
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From: Rochdale MA
She is 3 months old. Jeff is my ex's son but he will always be my son in my heart. J-L took a couple of pics I'll post them tommorow
Thanks Jay!!
Thanks Jay!!
1/8 mile Oval Track
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From: Newport,Tennessee
Yep,thats what I am talking about....It makes LOTS of noise but is neat to watch
Post Fiend
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From: Millbrook Alabama
there was an episode of Extreme Trains, or Modern Marvels, that I watched a week or so ago that showed one in action close up. It also showed the tie replacer. It moves to a spot , reaches down with spike pullers, and then throws the old tie out to the side, and then it slides a new one into the the same place and spikes it.
Postmaster
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From: BC Canada
And thats part of what makes you a great man Jim.
The kind of guy, that any woman would be crazy not to love.
Not naming any one here of course.
By the way do you like moose, more than deer or Elk?
They are great eating aren't they?
Postmaster
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From: BC Canada
Shall I assume he was a Darwin award winner that year?
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
I don't know much about the circumstances there. I saw it on some other forums I use and I knew it was a good
picture of the actual bucket wheel.
One other thing they can do with those bucket wheels is use them to mine what they are actually going for.
Ie: If they're mining coal they can have the bucket wheel dig out a bunch of coal.
They sometimes put massive conveyors attached to them and the material goes from the bucket to a conveyor
to the long conveyor over to whatever facility they are sending the material to. No trucks necessary.
picture of the actual bucket wheel.
One other thing they can do with those bucket wheels is use them to mine what they are actually going for.
Ie: If they're mining coal they can have the bucket wheel dig out a bunch of coal.
They sometimes put massive conveyors attached to them and the material goes from the bucket to a conveyor
to the long conveyor over to whatever facility they are sending the material to. No trucks necessary.