Rail cutting adventures

Here's a few pictures taken when we were cutting cast off CWR (ribbon rail) for the CNR in Northern Ontario.

  1. Odd place for a signal on a siding

  2. Old tug left in the bush where an old logging town burnt down.

  3. Concrete ties and why they don't do well in the winter

  4. Dang woodpeckers!

  5. Interesting CN work car

  6. Got wheels? Twenty four!

  7. CN Hytracker, this is a drop down trailer that hauls equipment down the track under its own power once the tractor is dettached!

  8. Trackmobile ballast train

  9. An old submerged motor

  10. Pump spots, this caused by the weight of the train pushing down on the roadbed and pressing out mud every time a wheel goes over it.

  11. Expansion rail just off of a bridge is designed to allow for shifting rails in temp extremes.

  12. Park Car passing by

  13. Odd place to have a signal on a siding

  14. Old steam donkey

  15. Dwayne ready to cut on a very steep enbankment!

  16. A CN freight on the main, sort of getting artsie with this one?

  17. Momma Fox & Me She comes out when a highrail crew goes by looking for sandwiches for her kits but stays away from the trains.

  18. CN crane on the back track

  19. CN crane part two

  20. Picking up the sections with the magnet.

  21. Me and the highrail

  22. Measuring 39' lengths

  23. Dwayne makes the cut
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