there is a new to me kind of train at the station ( still there now ) a rail grinder
it’s loud ( and is the noise that kept me awake last night, obviously doing work a few kilometres away but the sound travelled )
so when I saw a strange train pull in at the station I quickly went across the road and onto the platform to have a better look, there were train spotters driving by, then I read the safety sign on the cars and quickly got away, it’s dangerous!!
it has a special car ahead to keep traffic away, the grinder is 3 cars , an engine and the grinding cars, and then a safety vehicle out the back 10 metres away
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
there is a new to me kind of train at the station ( still there now ) a rail grinder
it’s loud ( and is the noise that kept me awake last night, obviously doing work a few kilometres away but the sound travelled )
so when I saw a strange train pull in at the station I quickly went across the road and onto the platform to have a better look, there were train spotters driving by, then I read the safety sign on the cars and quickly got away, it’s dangerous!!
it has a special car ahead to keep traffic away, the grinder is 3 cars , an engine and the grinding cars, and then a safety vehicle out the back 10 metres away
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgrinder
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
TIL about railgrinders! Thanks Seagoon 🙏
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
So the rail grinder just headed back to Newport , huge showers of golden sparks coming from under the grinding cars.
It’s so cool. 😃( I’m such a train nerd and proud of it 🤓)