Loram Rail Grinder Shooting Sparks & Setting Fires
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Here is a video of the Loram rail grinder Grinding Rail back up to shape on the CSX McCormick Subdivison in Augusta Ga, The Grinder was a sight to see at night as it shoots Sparks left and right and sets a few fires along the Right of Way.
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With or without grinding, these trains are great night photography subjects with all their work lights.
great video - what's missing is an overhead heli shot of the process. looks like a giant caterpillar on fire moving along the right of way.
Maybe close... Loram Rail Grinder aerial view... ua-cam.com/video/wDTU-I9ipyc/v-deo.html
I saw one roll past my house in Sacramento last night, lit up like a Roman candle! Had no clue what it was. Thanks for posting!
LORAM headquarters and factory is a few miles from my house. Cool to see them in action across the country.
Great catch!! Awesome to see them reverse to extinguish the blaze.
Great catch. Thanks for standing in for us. Well worth the wait for that display.
I never knew these machines existed. Nice to see they come back and put out the fires :)
@Mark Grudt Some trains do nowadays they don't have trucks for All the grinding trains ik the one I worked on did and I was told about 75 percent of the trains have their own firetrucks now
@@rickprobst5757 Best the 25% that don't are very popular with local fire departments ... 🤔
@@rickprobst5757 1:35 Looked like water spraying out two directions on the last of these machines...
Got to see one working in Regina sk. And i thought it was blowing up then i realized it was grinding the tracks
I Love how the trains are All lit up at night looks so cool
Coolest train Ive ever seen I think. Itd be neat to hear an explanation of how it works
That train is fire! literally
THAT is a Loram grinder video!
Others I warched a few minutes ago about the Loram train, are just grunpsdts.
In order to see the grinder doing its work, it's useful to watch it in the dark, or somewhere thereabout
The newer model grinders don't throw as much dust during operation, as the old ones.
At the very end it looked like there was a fire truck coming to put out that fire. That horn is awesome!
This rail grinder can grind the tracks and put out fires!?! Incredible!
I bought my house about 3 years ago and it sits about 1k ft from a crossing. I got to see one of these bad boys in action about 2 years ago. No fires to note, but the noise the make is unreal b
Very good video, probably one of the best I've seen of this train
One of these has been parked in the middle of my town for a few days. Wondered what it was. Pretty cool. A loud machine
Wow! That's crazy! Luckily someone saw that fire starting, so they could reverse and put it out...
Huh, I wouldn't have expected them to keep grinding through the crossing....
Why not? You have to get the asphalt off the rails and out of the grooves.
There is a smaller, more specific grinder they use for crossings and switches.
@@MrWolfSnack That's not the purpose of them...
Would of been nice to see a shot of the ground rail.
I freaking love this train!
These things are worth stopping and watching as they pass by.
I was curious I just saw one of these outside my house doing this and I thought it was a trains breaks catching fire had no clue this was normal until I one of these things with the loram sign on it figured I'd Google it they and find out what it was.. They managed to freak out the entire neighborhood lmao
I have put out a lot of smokers riding those machines lol. Good times!
thats one way to stop weeds from growing
+rodney nantz There's actually a special kind of railcar they used to use on the railroad called a "weed burner" that did exactly that
wennie roast lol 😄😄
Instead of having the grinder having to back up to put out fires it would be more productive to follow the grinder with a remote controlled genset, 3 water tank cars and 2 spray nozzles. The workers who now ride on the grinder assembly would ride on the genset unit and they would be replaced on the grinder train by two infrared cameras that control automated spray heads.
That's a great idea. I wonder why don't they do that.
Usually they have two big water trucks about mile away behind them looking for fires.
Great shot of this bad boy at night. I"ve caught this thing in Norfolk a couple of times and it is something to watch. Subbed your Channel .. I have lots of videos of NS on the Norfolk District and some CSX from Portsmouth and A line
Wow! Never seen this before! No idea they do this!
what do these even do to the track?
Good job, Conductor.
First time I saw one of these it was parked, didn't know what it was. Strange looking locomotive pulling tank cars and a bunch of bombed out locomotives.
I saw one yesterday and thought the same thing. It ended up going by my house which is near the railroad and ended up looking it up. Rather interesting.
At 5:15 that echo though!!!!
I remember being a kid and this happened a few miles away but i didnt realize it was from a grinder
Want to have some fun , put in a full shift as a mobile heavy equipment diesel mechanic and then have your boss tell you you have to go and wait for this massive machine to perform maintenance on it at night . They normally sent me all alone with this beast being parked on a RR siding while high speed trains are going by . Mind you, this stuff is real hot when you work on it , nice in the winter not so much in the summer .
Then all the work has to all be done by the time the next crew comes to get going in the morning or you will be going along for the ride .
The pulleys on these diesel engines always wore out from all the abrasive dust from the several hundreds of grinding wheels making dust .
The ones I worked on back then (I am retired now ) had four 12 cylinder 2300 cubic inch diesel engines turning generators at 1800 rpm.
At the time I was told by the maintenance crew there were 800 grinding wheels on this particular unit they had to check and replace them as necessary . It is one awesome piece of engineering I will have to say and I bet they are even much better now .
Talk about getting filthy dirty though , it was like a graphite dust and you had to scrub yourself damn near raw with a brush to get clean . I truthfully don't miss that kinda stress .
And people wonder why I get so pissed when these clueless useless people say .....I am an F'en privileged white male . THEY CAN KISS MY CABOOSE .
_White_ should always be capitalized when referring to people. The media has taken that away and replaced it with a lower case "w" while always using an uppercase "B" when referring to black people and I refuse to go along with them, as it is another assault on White people.
Do they know they start fires?
Do they have someone to come along and put them out? Or do they just go out?
Station 1060 rail grinder do not water down the line at night if a flame does occurs as you see the rail is returned and extinguished the flare. The only reason to water the rail in the day time is simply because it’s harder to see a ridge flare (side fire at the track site) the rails need ground dry the reason for this is usually due to track less traveled and it begins to rust.
Very interesting. Thank you.
I love this thing.
the water boys should have their on set up and stay back a mile or two so to eliminate the back tracking that way the fire has time to start and they can hose it down. keep the grinder going
How did they know there was a fire? Do they go back over the line they grind?
Yes, They would go over each section 2 or 3 times and spot fires as they would work. plus a water hirail truck was following about a half mile behind.
That's petty cool.
They also have personnel assigned to the back to monitor any fires.
Sam Ringgold not always it all depends on the possible fire hazards that could happen someone follows the train and depending how bad the rail it may only need one pass to grinding sometimes as many as 7 times.
That's a first.
At least they put out the fire
Neat catch!!
4:44 Holy Crap!
Why aren't the water tankers spraying as they pass the first time
I'm looking at one now Parked up my job
Haha, that's MY old machine!
First video I've seen where they seem to be using the blue warning beacon light on the front of the loco instead of the yellow (or neither)
Their amber light (work light) must of been broken so they proly used the blue instead. The blue light on loram equipment is for a "hot rail" when a train or other equipment is going to pass them.
You are mistaken. They have blue lights for hotrail for sure, but the blue strobe on the top isnt tied to the hotrail system. The amber is for yard park or siding park with concurrent work, whilst the blue is for active grinding
How did they know to come back and mop up that fire? did you report it or something?
They go back and forth a couple of times. Also, they have a hirail truck following behind (not shown in the video) which is equipped with extinguishing equipment.
Welcome to Georgia State
Chad locomotive
Pretty sure Sherman had these in use throughout the South in the 1860’s. Cool video. I’m in Augusta often and recognize many of these spots.
Sherman's railroad to the sea?
Why do they spark?
Grinding steel or any kind of metal causes sparks because of the friction. They grind the rails to reshape them after the steel wears down from trains running over them , the grinding reduces the noise from screeching wheels and it prevents a derailment and extends the rails life so they don't need to replace them as often.
OK, so why do these trains throw so many sparks? Are the wheels dragging or something? Strange!
Nope. Over time trains pound the hell out of the rails which gets the out of shape. this machine is remachining and grinding the rails back to regular shape.
Not like it says "rail grinder" in the title or anything......
+talitakoomi Moron!
talitakoomi it's one of those comments that are so dumb you can't tell if they're trolling
Or... maybe it’s in air brake for some of the boxcars & stuff
Anyone know why they don't grind the intersections and crossings? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
+Scott Tipps There actually is several reasons. You have wires, insulators on the rail at signaled crossings. Also the grinder cant always fit between the track and roadway at the crossings.
They have a different machine to do crossings and switches. I think there are issues when using the big machine.
My assumption is, the grinding wheels would hit the road and break. So they use a specialized one just for grinding the crossing, but it takes a little longer to do.
Benjamin is most correct. The buggies (units that contain the grinding stones) would hit the asphalt and road. Crossings ar ground by a more specific grinder with smaller stones and size grinder to minimize damage made to crossings. The grind is made by a sequence up and down over the crossing that judges the distance to the crosing via camera with an up trigger made by the operator, and the computer uses data from the encoder to compute the distance based on speed of when the buggies must raise the grind stones and lower them. It is a command made by the operator and the goal is within 8” of the crossing.
this train looks like something from unreal tournament
We can't do that in California in the summer. We would burn up!
we dont have that fence where i drive lol
Are those supposed to spark? Please comment me back
jkids 2014 yes
It's a grinder...
what does the rail grinder actually do?!
jpcreeper13
The rail grinder corrects the track profile that gets uneven due to wearing caused by the numerous passages of trains. Incorrect track profile causes resistance to the proper rolling of trains, which results in higher fuel consumption and prematurate wearing of rolling stock. It's actually more of a profit to grind rails once in a while than repairing rolling stock and spending more fuel, and is more ecological as well. Track profile is regularly measured with a special test train.
Won't touch Robert Lee Arnold Jr in Georgia State
why was the wheels so sparkish?
seems like it would be easier to spot a fire with less lights.
I would love to work for those guys......
The guys spraying the water always look a bit slack and bored .
In the St. Paul, MN area I have seen the water train precede the grinder. All the nearby brush was wet before the grinder went through. No fires occurred when this practice was employed.
5:33 ......when ya gotta pee, might as well make it useful
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OH MY GOD THAT REALLY IS THE TRAIN FROM HELL! good thing there are men at the back of the train with hoses and at 2:38 the guy driving this metal monster said "go back! we messed up!"
@Mrbaldeaglejr Yes, of course, I'm so sorry. I've fixed it.
I must say those are some nice crossing bells at 3:05
I love the bell sounds and horn sounds... 😍 had an experience before, those horns sound like crazy elephant... amazingly creepy
Welcome to the club!
A lot of other videos I have seen of these always have them spray water around the tracks as to not have fires in the first place. Why wasn't this one doing that? The light bit of rain in the air surely doesn't seem all that sufficient.
The Hoses weren't set properly. They are suppose to have 6 hoses going. 2 for the rail, another 2 that would hit the outer sides of the rail. and then 2 at a fan spraying further out to hit brush and wood line. I only saw 2 going that was hitting the rail only.
I see your A Norfolk Southern and CSX fan welp buddy I'm a Norfolk Southern and CSX fan too 😁💚
Kool Video Of The Rail Grinder I Caught one in Action Today In Austell,Ga.
Anyone with a big brain willing to explain what’s going on here? I get it’s grinding the rail, but why? Was it possibly an old rail that was rusted?
I used to work for Speno Rail Grinding and by the way the sparks are flying some of their fire guards need worked on or the grinding motors need to be reset to the proper angle.
Loved the intro reminded me of the I love toy trains series
@5:39 wtffff 😂 thas dope never heard of or seen anything like this but its dope 😆
We have multiple CSX and NS lines going through from Chicago to points east so we see a Loram go through enroute to other assignments. Apparently the local MoW crews don't know they're going to be grinding in the area until they're just....there! Be nice to get advance notice if the grinding will happen at night.
+ShastaPacificRoad
They do not know how long it will take to grind a section. It depends on the grinds, and conditions and how bad the track is. Multiple passes, 3-30 passes even in some spots. Impossible to say how long. Some days you can cover hundreds of miles. Some days you are working the same 10 miles.
+Kyle Wood I can understand that! My viewpoint is that of a photographer/railfan mainly but some of the MoW folks I have contacts with(helps when something unusual is coming up!!) are frustrated with the lack of communications TO them about heavy-duty equipment like this working a section of their Sub.
Can someone explain what is happening?
It's rare when you see these
Yeah... I know you keep that can of gas with you. I blame you lol. Anyway, nice video I have yet to see a rail grinder in action in person.
Railborne ufos
Nice catch I caught the aftermath of a train setting sparks and fires started where I live
Maybe they ought to find a less destructive way to do the job...
Well unless you can find 500 Mexicans with sandpaper...
ffjsb Fuck no, you went there. LMAO!
Of course I'm only referring to how hard they work... : )
I hate this train.
+JacksonAndLansing Railroad Am sure the train does not like you either!
Bob Smith Yeah. It sure doesn't like the rails.
+JacksonAndLansing Railroad
I HEAR YOU BROTHER RG-316 here. haha
Shhh, it's just giving the rails a good kiss and a massage. :)
Then stay far inches away from it if that makes you uncomfortable.
Think it set off a fire in my town last night saw some fire trucks going towards it on my way home from seeing it its on my channel
These machines seem to patrol the CN and CP in northern Ontario in winter.
You should have brought marshmallows to make smores XD
cleans up his mess to" dat a good boy,,
Nice video
I saw that grind railer thing I saw it stoped
I work in an industrial plant and get to see these come by every now and then, this is very nostalgic thank you
Smokey the bear would be proud
The Rail Grinder was here where I live
got to love those crossing bells
Wow, that's really cool.
this is soooo relaxing to watch
Shitty system
Engineer is gonna get FIRED for setting them...huh??...get it....???
Untouchable in georgia state notice it stops and backs the fuck up when robert e lee shows up
The amount of grinding going on you would think there would not be much rail left.
+D Fuller they typicaly only takes off one thousandth of an inch of metal
Looks like it would be a lot more than that.bmp