nfitz
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Gosh, I'm surprised they are grinding at this time of year!
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steveintoronto
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^ A quick clip showing a Sersa Hi-Rail grinding vehicle "GRail1" grinding trackage along College St on May 2nd, 2016
steveintoronto
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This is a real problem on the TTC too, I've had to firmly ask some to either move their bags or have them moved for them. No shortage of 'The Self Entitled' on the TTC:
WillTo
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On Sunday I took a EB 512 that got diverted down Bathurst to Bathurst station. Annoying, but also fun for a transit geek to experience.
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Why?
steveintoronto
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You do realize that going out of service this is normal, and they can then be taken (in many if not most cases) all the way to Roncy and Queen?
I usually get off at College when that happens. It's a much superior ride than the buses.
steveintoronto
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I sure hope May isn't still the "Middle of Winter"...
Streety McCarface
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Wait, is the TTC the first railroad anywhere in North America to use rail grinders or the first transit agency to use rail grinders?Maybe they could learn a lot more if they came into the modern age? Unbelievable that this hasn't been done before.
Nine years ago:
Grinding and Milling are Essential for Rail Quality - Global Railway Review
Rail grinding helps to prevent the dangerous build-up of rolling contact fatigue, and also reduces running noise for line side communities.www.globalrailwayreview.com
Milling brings a new lease of life to damaged track
The technology of mobile rail milling has developed over the last 20 years to become a mature and proven method of rail head treatment. Across central Europe, twww.railengineer.co.uk
steveintoronto
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These aren't grinders. They're millers. Think the difference between a chisel and sandpaper. Milling also leaves the rail with a harder patina. Grinding tends to alter the crystalline hard surface, although in many instances there's not much practical choice.
How Heating Metal Affects Its Properties | Metal Supermarkets
Milling has been done in North Am for generations, just not automated high-speed in-situ units like these.
Milling – the new dimension of rail-profiling
It was in 2003 when Linsinger Maschinenbau GmbH from Austria launched its new version of the Rail Milling Train SF 03 FFS for German Railways, DB AG, and Alpha-Rail Team for the German Railway Market. Since then, the rail milling technology of Linsinger started a matchless and incomparable...
Urban Rail Services – Milling Machines
We have the first milling train in North America and have the skilled and proven operators to deliver the best outcomes available from these high-tech machines.
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Streety McCarface
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Guess my shop skills were too poor to even recognize that.
nfitz
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You didn't post that until after my comment. I was replying to a different user.
Not sure the point of posting of old videos of grinding with no context.
steveintoronto
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Here's a hint, go back and read it again. It was posted for you in the first place, but alas...is this going to be the Underground Tube map all over again?
nfitz
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Why did he post it for me? I'd not said anything recently.
