Bringing up the rear of the Loram Rail Grinder is a caboose with fire fighting equipment to suppress fires that may arise from the sparks generated by the rail grinding operation.
Sparks fly as the Loram Railgrinder works their way Westbound on main 1 through Shawsville, with several MOW vehicles and the "baby grinder" behind to do the crossings.
A light drizzle is falling as the rail grinder kicks us some smoke from the grinders. They have just made their way through Williamstown. It will continue another 200 feet before it will return to... (more)
I didn't exactly expect to see this while on lunch break today. What appears to be one of Loram's specialty rail grinders rolls through the Village of Fonda and will eventually end up of the B&A.
A Loram Maintenance of Way eight stone grinder (with two four-stone carts) takes a break on the Rose Park Spur in Salt Lake City. The LRG24 is a specialty light rail grinder with an integrated dus... (more)
No sparks here! Tying down after along shift on the grinder 309 basks in the sun as it awaits its next call of duty to grind friday night at 1600. Today being my day off it worked out perfectly to... (more)
With billowing smoke and sparks a flyin', Loram Rail Grinder 'RG 8' creeps westward at walking speed on the Rio Grande mainline near Mesa on Nov. 12, 1989.
This view illustrates how mainline rail grinders skip switches while re-profiling rail. They also wet down the track to prevent sparks from starting fires which clearly shows the "skip" over the ... (more)
New Loram Rail Grinder heads south through Winona, MN. It is thought that this was on its way to Chicago where it will be wyed and then start grinding on its return trip.