For all of You Train Lovers

[khryslerkid]

Vintage footage is the best. Really takes you back in time. Check out the city setting at 5:28

 

[khryslerkid]

Buck Rogers stuff!

 

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The magnificent Deutche Reichsbhan #19.1001 German V-8 steam locomotive, the only one of its type ever built.

 

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Deutsche Reichsbahn Railroad, “Henschel” Built in 1941

 

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A rare color photograph showing the brand new 03 1081 Reichsbahn train at Bw Amstetten / Lower Danube

 

[Photon440]

Meanwhile in Scotland, 1929...

 

[Richard Cranium]

I saw one of these track replacement train-machines in action in the late 1970's when it came through my town. That was fascinating to watch!

 

[Richard Cranium]

The rails that this train is hauling are 1/4 mile long! Watch how they bend around a turn. I'd like to see the steel mill process to make and load them.

That really is amazing especially when you consider that the rails will move, in length, when they make the turn. The comments below the video explain how that's done.

 

[Photon440]

The rails that this train is hauling are 1/4 mile long! Watch how they bend around a turn. I'd like to see the steel mill process to make and load them.

1600 foot rail is a common length, it gets welded in the field after being laid so the track is without joints. Thermite welding is fun to watch. It takes an elastic steel alloy to allow for the expansion and contraction of temperature changes. However, what you see on those rail cars wasn't rolled in one piece at the steel mill. They're usually made in 120 - 300 foot lengths (depending on the capacity of the mill) and then welded into those 1600 lengths for transport.
http://www.steeldynamics.com/Products/Rail.aspx

 

[Slap Stick]

My son used to work at SDI in MS. A bunch of jackwagons.

 

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