The newest of Loram's 420 series Rail Grinders is working the BNSF Seattle sub in the Tacoma area. This is the RG421, configured with 3 grinding cars, 2 - 75,000 gal water cars , a tool/crew car,... (more)
All we could see above the treetops was a huge cloud of smoke, and there was no advance notice that there was a rail grinder out there today. Shown here, a Loram Railgrinder heads west across the ... (more)
Bringing up the rear of the Loram Rail Grinder is a caboose with fire fighting equipment to suppress fires that may arise from the sparks generated by the rail grinding operation.