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Viewing Album:  MOW rail replacement, step by step
 
By:Robert Melville
Dates:5/17/2008 - 5/17/2008
Album Info:Battered rail section replacement - CSX Chicago Line at CP 382
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MOW hirailer truck gets set up
Title:  MOW hirailer truck gets set up
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:05 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Marking bad rail section to be cut out and removed
Title:  Marking bad rail section to be cut out and removed
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:19 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Cutting to length new rail that will be installed
Title:  Cutting to length new rail that will be installed
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:20 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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First cut on bad rail section
Title:  First cut on bad rail section
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:21 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Pulling spikes while 2nd cut on bad rail section is made
Title:  Pulling spikes while 2nd cut on bad rail section is made
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:21 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Another look at the 2nd cut on the bad rail
Title:  Another look at the 2nd cut on the bad rail
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:22 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  101   Comments: 0
Bad rail section being lifted and removed
Title:  Bad rail section being lifted and removed
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:22 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  105   Comments: 0
Bad rail section removed and set aside
Title:  Bad rail section removed and set aside
Description:  Orange flags are ends of a temporary shunt bypassing the cut section(?)
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:23 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  227   Comments: 1
Replacement rail section is swung into place
Title:  Replacement rail section is swung into place
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:45 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  100   Comments: 0
Field drilling rail web for joint bolt holes
Title:  Field drilling rail web for joint bolt holes
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:46 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  160   Comments: 0
Hydraulic impact wrench runs down joint nuts
Title:  Hydraulic impact wrench runs down joint nuts
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:46 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Spiking down the replacement rail
Title:  Spiking down the replacement rail
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:47 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  84   Comments: 0
Quick visual check of the new rail alignment(!)
Title:  Quick visual check of the new rail alignment(!)
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:48 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  143   Comments: 0
Signal maintainers prepare to bond the replacment rail
Title:  Signal maintainers prepare to bond the replacment rail
Description:  Foam sheild prevents a light drizzle from wetting the weld preparations
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:02:48 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Views:  121   Comments: 0
The bond weld is ignited
Title:  The bond weld is ignited
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Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:03 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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MOW employee watches as CSX 5348 leads the first train over the new rail
Title:  MOW employee watches as CSX 5348 leads the first train over the new rail
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 2/26/2009 11:03:04 AM
Location:  Chili Junction, NY
Author:  Robert Melville
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Locomotives:  CSX 5348(ES44DC)
Views:  289   Comments: 1

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