(05-29-2016, 08:13 PM)Canard Wrote: Just one photo from me for the weekend here in town: Ballasted track is going in now along the Hydro Right-of-Way parallel to Fairway Road.
I'm very curious how, and when, they'll tamp (align) this track. All tamping so far has been done on track which is either connected to or replacing existing rail lines, so moving the tamping and blasting equipment to the location of the track has been easy. Here, the track is isolated - separated from the main railway line it eventually connects to by embedded track, with three very tight radii turns. The Harsco Mark IV tamper surely can't navigate those curves (it has fixed axles on a very long frame), so I'm quite curious how they plan on doing maintenance on this section of track in the long term.
Also, here's a great little video clip from Matt Morris on Twitter, showing how they're doing the embedded track when the rapidway runs down the centre, and the concrete between the rails is lower to make room for the flanges. Neat custom device!
This is how they finish the cement for #wrLRT. Hard working crew working in the heat outside KCI. pic.twitter.com/g9KfeAMdvD
— Matt Morris (@Matthew_Morris) May 27, 2016
Cool he was one of my teachers when I went to KCI
