01-17-2018, 06:37 PM
(01-17-2018, 06:10 PM)Canard Wrote: The gauge checker being out explains a lot.
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Question about the gauge checking process: how can the track be out of gauge when the ties are mass-produced complete with half of the clipping system pre-embedded? Or for embedded track, as they form it they install numerous ties which hold the rails at the correct distance while the concrete sets. If those are mass-produced, it seems like there would be little opportunity for gauge problems.
I guess what I’m really getting at is, do they do a gauge test because it’s cheap and easy to do and you really want to detect gauge problems with a gauge checker, not with an LRV? Or do they actually find gauge problems once in a while?