Dismantling train tracks - GIF

**Altair** · Feb 9, 2024, 01:56 PM

Dismantling train tracks.

Previously:

Excavators ripping old railroad tracks - GIF
Railroad track shifter - GIF and photos
Train track removing machine - GIF
Fixing buckled train track - GIF
Rail moving robot - GIF

**Ralphxyz** · Feb 10, 2024, 11:54 AM

I wonder how the cut the rails?

**bob_3000** · Feb 10, 2024, 02:16 PM

I wonder why all the travel back and fourth? Move the train.

**bob47907** · Feb 10, 2024, 08:09 PM

Unusual to see short segments.

**desbromilow** · Feb 10, 2024, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by Ralphxyz

I wonder how the cut the rails?

friction disc about 18" diameter mounted on a trolley and powered by a petrol (or diesel) IC engine. These saws (cutoff machines) are operated by people on the ground and manually fed into the steel rail. The disc is 3-4mm thick (around the 1/8" mark) and treated as a consumable. No lubrication is used, and locally the gang will have one person dedicated to "fire watch" due to the sparks the saw throws out.

**desbromilow** · Feb 11, 2024, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by desbromilow

friction disc about 18" diameter mounted on a trolley and powered by a petrol (or diesel) IC engine. These saws (cutoff machines) are operated by people on the ground and manually fed into the steel rail. The disc is 3-4mm thick (around the 1/8" mark) and treated as a consumable. No lubrication is used, and locally the gang will have one person dedicated to "fire watch" due to the sparks the saw throws out.

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