Re-railing frogs! That's a heavy piece of cast steel. I pity the poor Carmen that has to crawl through the mud, rock, and spilled coal, with a shovel and a bar, dragging those under an immobilized car. It's always raining or snowing, and the derailed car is always in a remote or inaccessible place you can't just drive to. Those boys earn their money. tallow pot
It's called a rerail.
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DeleteRe-railing frogs! That's a heavy piece of cast steel. I pity the poor Carmen that has to crawl through the mud, rock, and spilled coal, with a shovel and a bar, dragging those under an immobilized car. It's always raining or snowing, and the derailed car is always in a remote or inaccessible place you can't just drive to. Those boys earn their money.
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I have seen cars derailed by those safety derailers but never put back on the tracks.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know rail roads had speed bumps.
ReplyDeleteAny railroad people out there who can explain what is happening here?
ReplyDeleteSimple. It's a rerailer. The part that hangs off the rail forces the wheel back in place.
DeleteNow. it takes one of those to put a car back on the rail. Which shows how little it takes to put a car off the rail.
We used to do the same thing with chunks of wood.
DeleteWouldn't it be quicker to rerail one truck and the move the rerailers to the next truck?
ReplyDeleteThe DME line through Lake Benton is notorious for derailments. Those get worn out up there.
ReplyDeleteLots of clever on the railroad.
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