LORAM RAIL GRINDER ~ CLOSE-UP, NIGHTTIME at Deshler, OH! 8/16/2019
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- čas přidán 16. 08. 2019
- The Loram Rail Grinder in all it glory, up close at night! Deshler, OH!
What a sight! It would only be better if one was there! How many of you have seen it live at night? - Zábava
Not kidding you. This is our grinder. Its RG414 and we have a switch grinder (rgs9) that follows us. I was in the secondary operator seat when you took this video. We are in marion ohio right now.
3 years later do you still operate this and if so where is your train so i can watch?
@@M_NG yes I do. I'm on time off for another week. Then I go back. We are headed to Toledo. We are in Indiana right now.
looks real special at night time with them sparks flying on the grinder WOW!!! thanks..and I not seen ever day or night
*[The daily grind intensifies]*
Myles Spear 😂
I like it. The train must be a real glender. An carpooling Union Pacific?dream on
I don't think that's Union Pacific. It's more different pulling a train. As it's carpooling? We all know. this is a low rank and's and low pay balance who
just behind the cab AND at the back of the caboose are water cannons.
as you might expect, during an extended period of no rain this thing can quickly start a fire.
i have piloted this machine dozens of times.
i ALWAYS set the cannons behind the cab to a wide spray....and leave it on.
this has the sparks land on wet brush.
dramatically minimizing the risk of a fire.
after this machine left me it went to the Old Main Line...where they burned many acres of the Patapsco State Park.
same region, same weather.
a wide light spray...saves the day.
nice!
please explain if rail-grinder can damage points ?? any other tracks that might be crossing ??
4:30 apparently it stops when crossing other tracks
@@ottavva , i retired 3 years ago. technology may change... but when i last piloted this machine, it did NOT grind switches. there is a machine local areas can purchase to grind switches. my boss had one at his disposal. it was too large to pick up unaided. our boom truck set it on & off.
@@googoo-gjoobthank you Sir, happy retirement :)
the short version of how many gallons of water? i dont remember exactly. but it is many thousands of gallons. an ENTIRE tank car. how many rail miles can be ground? depends on how much track time/train traffic. and how many passes needed in each location.
Loram gets paid for each rail mile ground. so, they got mad at me for setting the front cannons to spray full time... because if we run out of water, they have to stop grinding. dozens of times i piloted this machine, i only ran out of water one time. about 30 minutes before my track authority was to expire.... but, i never had a fire bigger than we could contain ourselves. so, i stand by my policy. as you may have seen in an above comment, the day after they left me, the next pilot didnt set to spray...and they burned down the State Park.
That ain't a grinder, it's the first low rider train👍
Nothing quite as spectacular as a Loram working at night
Most spectacular thing on the rails ... I had the pleasant surprise of seeing the short one, as I was coming home from work one night. Working the crossing, sparks flying. What a treat!
First time I saw one of these monsters was at night in my rural area and I couldn’t imagine what it was until I got close. I was able to follow along the tracks for a few miles. It was incredible to watch.
I live next to a train line and genuinely thought I was about to be abducted by aliens, glad it was just one of these.
Hear you there just seen one for the first time tonight.
I just saw this in action at night a few weeks ago. I got caught in front at a railroad crossing, it was cool to watch! Amazing piece of machinery.
Took place in Riverside CA last night. A resident posted on nextdoor (the app) that "a train with a bunch of little buildings on it was going back and forth in front of her house and sparking everywhere." She was afraid it might catch the hill on fire! Another resident chimed in and said, "Oh that's a Loram Rail Grinder, it smoothes out the tracks.". I've lived on this planet a very long time and never knew such coolness existed! Another resident posted a link to your video on nextdoor and the City is now at rest once again, a little more enlightened than a day ago!
About a year ago I was the first car at the crossing when the grinder came by. Impressive sound and spark show. I agree - I'd like to see the finished product.
@Cayden Webber That answers my question. Thanks.
Never actually seen this before . I work for cn. Thanks for posting brother
This is quite the light show, thanks..... I got to watch the unit working mentioned below, but not at night..........
It's amazing watching it at night time with all the sparks.
It’s the first time I have seen or heard of this type of machine looking down the comments bigdave46148 had given the answer to how it works and why a big thumbs up 👍 to bigdave46148 great video, regards from the UK 🇬🇧.
That train is grinding hard. Spectacular video
Different. It is neat to see MOW at work. It is something different.
Beautiful, no other way to describe it
Very cool .Thanks for sharing
Awesome video. Those beast are lit up nice.
What a machine? Outstanding!!! There is one parked on a spur tonight 1 and 1/2 blocks from my home.
It's so amazing, watching this machine shave or grind the rails.
The cameras do not do justice to what’s going on !
First time I saw one I thought the train was on fire !
Same!!
Happy to see the CPLs are still in place too!
That exact setup just came up the line running North through the west side of Columbus, Ohio. I heard a different noise than the trains always made coming through and walked out the door to see the grinder and everything just like in this video, wild thing to see at night!
Agree, great shot of the grinding . What a racket, but so worth seeing
Saw one of these parked in Denver recently. Was really curious what it was. Thank you for posting!
I used to live no more than a Street's Width away from the Northeast Corridor in Pennsylvania. These Rail Grinders always caused Brush Fires along the Embankment. I miss those days.
I saw this once here in Palmdale, CA a couple years ago. On that run, they had men with water hoses on the rear platform on the last car to quench any little fires caused by the spark shower which was in-TENSE in some areas. Numerous little flare-ups resulted.
That sound, it's like a science-fiction movie.
I think the best thing I've ever seen is a Loram rail grinder 20 feet in the air being loaded onto a flatcar. The units had ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation)on the side. This was at Loram's Facility in Medina, MN.
That’s really cool 😎
This is the coolest ever! :)
To : Virtual Railfan, I really love trains, and I never seen a Loram Rail Grinder do that before & I'm curious on why it does that...!!! And I'm glad that I saw 2 trucks on rails and catching up to the Loram Rail Grinder & some kind of rail machinery & I've heard the name once and I'm glad it's following along?
I work for Loram. So the purpose of a rail grinder is to re-shape the rails. As trains pass over the rail gets flattened out from it's normal convex shape. So when our grinders pass over, we put the convex shape back in the rail, thus making that rail last longer. The rail is shinier after we pass, but it's also a little rougher. There's usually 3 trucks following our machine on the rails. 2 of them are water truck. They're there to put out any "smokers" or tie fires. The third truck is usually a company truck from the railroad itself.
Incredible
Always wondered if they did that Now I know. Glad I checked it out
I just saw one of these and didn't know what it was so I went to CZcams and this popped up it was quite a sight in the middle of nowhere on the Yakima Indian Reservation at night I thought it was that long black train
Excellent Video 🇮🇳
The first time I seen this in person was awesome it was at night
Really like watching those. This one must have been in a hurry, the ones I've seen move at about walking speed. Good video, thanks.
@Cayden Webber Thanks for the reply.
That's nice.
I'm railworker in Brazil.
I work in the similar machine.
saw this at night about 25 years ago on the old CNW west line tracks outside Chicago. Impressive and noisy.
Wow never new they had something like that
I remember when I was a kid about to go home from my friends place and the only quick way out of the area was a pedestrian crossing at the end of the street to the other street over.
well as I was making my way out of buds place I hear the signals ringing and I ran up to see what it might be (not because I wanted to beat the train)
And I saw some big long train coming down the tracks slowly, sparks everywhere and there was a smell of something in there air as it passed.
I'll never for get that. I was worth the wait at the crossing as a kid.
Once at Deshler I saw the machine that regulates the ballast come through. Forget what it was called but it was a real monstrosity like this too.
whenever I'm on a vr rail cam I'm always looking for this machine hopefully one day I might see one in operation live
I fly to Minnesota in July for training.
reminds me of my tomix n scale track cleaner the grinder is loud lol
Saw one of these today in Montana, looked cool asf, wondered what it does
Wool amazing machine...
Ive seen one in action before at night. Its something else to see
I saw these once or twice when I was a kid, and was totally mystified.
Wow nice
Saw it go by at night just a few minutes ago!
멋져요👍🏿👍🏿👍🏼👍🏼👍🏻
First one is RG400 series, second is a RGS series (does more specialty grinding such as switches)
What does a Loram Rail Grinder do? Sorry, but I'm not really savvy on Maintenance equipment.
It does what the name implys. It grinds the rail. As more and more trains run over the rail, they change the shape of the rail. As the shape changes, weak spots can occur which can cause derailments and accidents. The railroads hire Loram to bring the rail grinder out to grind and reshape the rails back to the proper profile.
I would of asked the same question so thanks bigdave46148 for your information it has turned the light on in Reason and understanding 👍👍👍 Regards from the UK 🇬🇧
Rail profile grinding not only removes surface defects and metal flow, it also reduces rolling resistance which, in turn, reduces fuel consumption.
Thank you. I was waiting for that question to be asked.
@@thomasdupee1440 , and... it increases the temper (hardness) of the rail. thereby making it more resistant to the influences of the trains wheels.
The thing I don't understand is how straight rail needs grinding so much as I would think that it would wear pretty good and if it is that important then I would think it would be even more important right at the diamond or at sidings so how and when are they addressed or should I say dressed?
I would be curious to see the grinding machines in a video disassembled or else...
I would like to see the “finished product”..........a photo or video in the daylight hours Mr. Virtual Railfan.
Thank you
Carl Ferrigno Hi Carl. I would think the rail would look smoother. But I don’t know.
@Carl Ferrigno I work for Loram. So the purpose of a rail grinder is to re-shape the rails. As trains pass over the rail gets flattened out from it's normal convex shape. So when our grinders pass over, we put the convex shape back in the rail, thus making that rail last longer. The rail is shinier after we pass, but it's also a little rougher.
I’m not a train person. Why are they grinding? Thanks for the insight and it does look cool.
As the track rails age, they very slowly flatten, corrode, and deform from all of the use they see. The rail-grinder grinds the rails back down to their original profile, removing deformations and extending the lifespan of the track. It's a pretty regular maintenance job, yet can be done with little to no impact on regular train traffic when using engines like these.
Hope this helped! :)
Schlipie thanks for the explanation. I always thought a little rust on the track was good for traction but now I see there’s more to it than just that.
@@schlipie9674 Thank you so much! I was just thinking this exact same question!
There is a hy-rail truck following up behind probably to check for fires. I remember a few years ago in New Orleans one of those rail grinders ran out of water to soak the newly ground areas, but they kept on grinding and set fire to the right-of-way. The fire department had to be sent.
Actually those are the company track inspectors. Making sure everything is good after they go through (no shelling of the rail head, cracks/breaks, etc.) They also get the 707 protection for the grinder and it's associated equipment.
😮I’ve never seen such a thing before
They sure are super confident about not starting a fire. Usually they spray water afterwards.
saw it in sprague washington yesterday
I used to be the operator of RG 318. I drove it for about 6 yeara until it was either get off of the road or lose my wife. I do miss it though. It was always interesting.
Saw one this morning in a siding Didsbury Alberta.
(Brazil) Could someone explain to me what they are doing !! ?? very beautiful but I would like to know what they are doing. Sheltere
A railgrinder is a maintenance of way vehicle or train used to restore the profile and remove irregularities from worn tracks to extend its life and to improve the ride of trains using the track. Rail grinders were developed to increase the lifespan of the tracks being serviced for rail corrugation
@@dude-jk2hn does it not obtain the opposite result?? I mean, the tracks must be constantly diminishing
nous en france nous avons pas de t'el rames pour entretien des voies férée !! un fan de DEAUVILLE !!
Love the grinders
Are they doing this on purpose to clean the rail?
Not clean. Re profile to a rounded over head.
I take it that it is doing what it is supposed to do? [Removing any rough edges/corrosion on the rails, I'm guessing?]
No, reprofiles the ball of the rail to extend the life of the rail and help reduce friction. On fresh rail the contact area is only about the size of nickel. Taking less fuel to move the train.
Are the grinders programmed not to grind the diamond? What does the second set of engines do?
If you're talking about the second railgrinder (my baby, btw) that's a switch and crossing grinder. The mainline can't do switches, because you have to pick up and set down the stones at certain points and the mainliner's grinders just don't like doing that.
@@jrayproductions7790 Thank you, Robert. That helps this novice understand the process better.
So. I’m still confused on what these things do. Do they just smooth out the rails to make a smoother ride?
No. They reprofile the rail to reduce the wheel tread to railhead contact area. Saving fuel and extending the rail lifespan before replacing.
Cool!
Does this happen every time a train slows down?
so what does this do to the rail? Ive never seen this.
Obadiah Kilgore prevents flat rail and removes surface defects
Would of liked to see the before and after..
Why does he get to proceed past a STOP signal? I thought that was illegal on the rail.
is the diamond ground separately by hand?
No. Switches, turnouts and diamonds are not ground. A majority of their components are cast parts and just replaced when worn out.
That is RGS9 and RG414. The short one is 9. That's mah baby
One just went past the Eugene Oregon station at 0635. 23 Jan 2021 Headed northbound to Portland I would wager.
Bro that’s like welding
Yo dis train is in falls creek PA rn
Setting at a rail yard now. One is parked not far from where I'm setting. It's not that new or that clean lol I've never seent one run before but have heard about it.
I caught that sitting in the yard by my house once!
wow! I bet it put some serious ruts in your lawn.
@@Jenny_1158 No, it wasn't in my yard, it was in the rail yard by my house. XD
Interesting to see how they skip grinding the diamonds.
Well, yeah. We'll tear up our stuff on those.
What does it do?
if they would do that on the ND&w it may just fix those tracks
but that was on one of the most traveled routes in ohio
north Baltimore, leipsic,and fostoria ohio have the most heavy train traffic in the state of Ohio do to interchange points and the rail yards at north Baltimore and Fremont
Do these things travel around the country?
Yes
Jordan Hoffman the crews also live on thim
@@rickygarcia7400 No we don't
Why do the grind the tracks?
Why isn't the video playback smooth?
Ok is that normal. Also why is that happening
That being a commuter line, how in the world do they know where to grind?
Not a commuter line. That's CSX freight lines. They have a preplanned map of what needs ground where.
Why do they have to grind the tracks?????
Does this procedure ever cause a grass fire?
Yes but they have a tanker at the rear with hoses to wet down any flare up's caused by the rail grinding.
Why does the train throw sparks?
mariO Álvarez it was 4th of July and they bought a lot of sparklers.
Seen it live? Heck I work on the dang things every day
Rg408
Yeah, but yours ain't YT famous
-Signed RGS9
@@jrayproductions7790 haha touché brother
@Cayden Webber 😂😂 probably not
So one set grinds, one set oils and one set buffs?
No....
@@TheNemosdaddy Then be a dear and explain.
@@hankrogers8431 we grind on all directions we wouldn’t buff a rail unless it’s Amtrak and we don’t grease or put oils on the tracks. we just grind and spray water
why do they grind rail for?
@Cayden Webber thanks for the explanation