Rail Grinder on the UP
Tuesday, October 6
Tipped off by an email from
Carlisle's Neil Ruddy, and after checking in on my Mom in Indianola, I
headed north on a rainy Tuesday morning to see if I could get some
pictures of a rail grinder. The unit was already out of town when
I got to Carlisle, but I could hear discussion on the scanner as they
worked north toward Short Line. I missed them at Avon, but
finally managed the interception at 9:30 as they passed under the Hwy.
65 bypass at the north end of the Avon siding. The collection of
machinery, apparently previously owned by the Pandrol & Jackson
company, now carried the reporting mark "RMSX", with the pieces
numbered from 501 through 511. Here are the images:
Lead Unit RMSX0501
Bunk 502 and 503
Tank
Generator
Grinder
Grinder
Rear Unit RMSX0511
That's It!