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That excavator would be used to unload / load what ever is going in those rail cars. It can move along the top of the entire consist like that.
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AgentAustin wrote:That excavator would be used to unload / load what ever is going in those rail cars. It can move along the top of the entire consist like that. Yep i know that, maybe the spot I put the question was confusing. I was asking about the photos below the text invloving the "green giant". But thanks for the info 
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I'll ask some of my rail friends tomorrow, I don't know myself.
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Great photos, I like that little Pettibone crane. That green rig (whatever it is) is also very interesting. Rowan.
1:25th scale CAT 375L excavator
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Great pics - the big Class 1 railroads always have an interesting selection of service equipment...
P.S. What the heck are the AKRR engines doing down there? Did they miss the off-ramp into Whittier and wandered down Canada instead??? 
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ulf wrote:Great pics - the big Class 1 railroads always have an interesting selection of service equipment...
P.S. What the heck are the AKRR engines doing down there? Did they miss the off-ramp into Whittier and wandered down Canada instead??? Thank you! The only thing I can think of is the AKRR engines were re-furbished here in Boise and are headed back up to Alaska. However they were facing the wrong direction to be headed to alaska.... So I really have no idea.
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I'm pretty sure the green thingy is part of a new rail laying machine. I think it is the power plant and bending/staighting machine. The new rail hauler cars are most likely parked somewhere on a siding.
I got stuck at a crossing a few years back, at the bottom of a logging road, on a hurry to go have a new hose for my excavator made, for about an hour while they loaded new rail and other supplies onto a set up like that. It was a UP line as well.
Motive Power rebuilds on the Alaska engines I assume?
Are you an enviromentist, or do you work for a living?
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I believe that Green rig is for making and laying continuous rail, the separate rails would be loaded and then fed into the machine where the joints are welded together (most likely using induction welding) and then the rail is put in place next to the exsisting rail that needs replacement!!
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Love the MoW shots! Yes, the green rig is for laying continuous welded rail. There are multiple 40' or 50' long flat cars that are used to carry 1/4 mile long section of the continuous welded rail. This car, along with other ones are used to unload the 1/4 sections. This is accomplished by hydraulicly driven wheels that pull the sections off, and as the train moves at the same speed in the opposite direction, the track is lowered to the ground. When it comes to roads, the train stops, the rail is cut and the process starts again on the other side. The rail is first pulled off the carrying car with a cable, and then to the wheels, and then onto the ground. Below are some photos of these cars, not the best shots, multiple showers came through when I was taking these shots, back in 2004, in Santa Clara, CA.    Here are two shots of how the rail is stored on the rack cars  I like this shot, it shows how the rail just bends as needed! 
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Wow Tom! Thank you very much for the information and pictures! I'll have to keep an even closer eye on the yard now. My grandpa worked for union pacific for 43 years (now retired) we have been discussing this machine on and off for a few days since I first saw it. I will be sure to pass along the info and pics to him. Thank you to everyone else as well... Like I said I will try and get more pictures when I am in the area again. JTL- yes Motive Power would be the company working on the Alaska engines.
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Great pictures use to see the ribbon rail cars come into Tacoma all the time and drop rail in the yard always was good to see how they unloaded the rail most of the ones I saw were for the BNSF....
William....
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