switchmen37
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first hello,
so i saw the way some other countries lay ties and rails vs usa, well they have a better way than the usa. and i wish usa can adapted that technology the other countries have, so in russia (its easier to talk than put into words) the ties all their ties on mainline are converting if not already done to cement . side lines i would like to say yes but i do not know. now its how the russians replace the ties and rail. they have this car or few depends on other factors. lifts the tack pulls the spikes out pull the wooden ties out and puts in the cement ties, heres the catch they slide the cement ties under the rail, puts the ballast back and once they get so many feet oh oops km the machine will pick up put it on the side lay the new continuous rail with no joints down and replace the spikes. all by machines. no digging the ballast like usa does, no pounding the spikes by hand, and no replacing ties by hand all machines does that one continuous flow. and russians theory all machines does that, oh, i do not know abut the plates thats might be by hand. so in conclusion , russians idea the machines remove and replace the ties with cement, removes and replaces the old short rail to one continuous rail, even the machine puts in the spikes and pounds them in, its not only russia i saw france doing it also. apparently this russia idea works and france adopted that idea to suit their needs .
so i dont know about the ballast by the machine if the machine does it or not, because i said the machine does the ballast also but come to think of it i dont know if it does
so why doesnt usa adopted the technology from the russians that all machines does the job? have machine have a big roll of continuous track lays it down , pull the spikes out and pounds them in by machine, pulls old wooden ties out and replaces them with cement ties on all their mainlines just like russia. and also russsians main track is smooth as it can be after converting to cement ties, track and leveling out the track straight no kinks, no dips every 5 feet or so
i know i might be criticized (this is what i know and saw and gave my 2 cents worth in); about this, but we are behind in times when replacing ageing wooden ties and replaceing them with cement ties on our mainlines tracks all done by machine just like russia and france . i see the way usa replace rails, ballast, ties, all by hand maybe if lucky machine, machines to pull out wooden ties, relace them with all cement ties, pull out spikes and pound the spikes back in, i dont know about the ballast
switchmen37
so i saw the way some other countries lay ties and rails vs usa, well they have a better way than the usa. and i wish usa can adapted that technology the other countries have, so in russia (its easier to talk than put into words) the ties all their ties on mainline are converting if not already done to cement . side lines i would like to say yes but i do not know. now its how the russians replace the ties and rail. they have this car or few depends on other factors. lifts the tack pulls the spikes out pull the wooden ties out and puts in the cement ties, heres the catch they slide the cement ties under the rail, puts the ballast back and once they get so many feet oh oops km the machine will pick up put it on the side lay the new continuous rail with no joints down and replace the spikes. all by machines. no digging the ballast like usa does, no pounding the spikes by hand, and no replacing ties by hand all machines does that one continuous flow. and russians theory all machines does that, oh, i do not know abut the plates thats might be by hand. so in conclusion , russians idea the machines remove and replace the ties with cement, removes and replaces the old short rail to one continuous rail, even the machine puts in the spikes and pounds them in, its not only russia i saw france doing it also. apparently this russia idea works and france adopted that idea to suit their needs .
so i dont know about the ballast by the machine if the machine does it or not, because i said the machine does the ballast also but come to think of it i dont know if it does
so why doesnt usa adopted the technology from the russians that all machines does the job? have machine have a big roll of continuous track lays it down , pull the spikes out and pounds them in by machine, pulls old wooden ties out and replaces them with cement ties on all their mainlines just like russia. and also russsians main track is smooth as it can be after converting to cement ties, track and leveling out the track straight no kinks, no dips every 5 feet or so
i know i might be criticized (this is what i know and saw and gave my 2 cents worth in); about this, but we are behind in times when replacing ageing wooden ties and replaceing them with cement ties on our mainlines tracks all done by machine just like russia and france . i see the way usa replace rails, ballast, ties, all by hand maybe if lucky machine, machines to pull out wooden ties, relace them with all cement ties, pull out spikes and pound the spikes back in, i dont know about the ballast
switchmen37