What is this Giant Machine?!

[@barry863]

It's a Loram rail grinding train. It grinds the rail surface to the proper profile, prolonging the life of the track. The black tanks hold water to spray the area after they pass to prevent fires. What you thought were weights are the extra grinding wheels. If you can catch it working at night its quite a light show.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I saw it in action tonight. Came by then backed up, then kept going headed towards ayer.

[@josephbrandtner7713]

It's a rail grinding train. It removes the surface imperfections from the rails.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

That’s the Loram Rail Grinder, looks the same one that was grinding rail by my house earlier this year. They stopped on a sump siding in a community to refill water tanks off a fire hydrant.

[@JWill45-Raider]

Rail Grinders. Giving the rails a manicure.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Best description yet lmao 🤣

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I was actually surprised at how much of a difference it makes. You can hear it as well as the trucks roll over. They make a different tone.

[@dfwrider3830]

its a rail grinder, with use the rails wear out, so the top surface must be reground periodically to restore it to proper shape the tanks likely have water so they can sprinkle over the tracks they just ground. often there will be a small hi-rail firetruck following behind with a guy in the back who can use a water cannon to put out any fires this creates which got past the sprinklers.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I never knew they resurfaced the rail like that. I just thought, (when one goes bad, replace it). It makes sense now because the Rails are all welded to one single piece, no more joints.

[@joeylawn36111]

Rail Grinder to smooth out the tops of the rails. The yellow cars have and control the grinding wheels, and the black cars contain water to quench the sparks/any fires.

[@CNder77]

Looks like one of those trains that smooth out the rail heads grinding the surface

[@apmazurka]

Rail Grinder, Brings the Rail heads back to Specifications.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I just saw it in action... so cool at night

[@apmazurka]

She's a Beast, Try and Catch Her at work Tonight, Best spark show you will ever see!!

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I saw it!, it was AWESOME. Sadly I didn't have my camera on me.... I had food in my hands lmao

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Something I'll never forget though

[@anb7408]

Well, for anyone older than ten and seen more than one train should know that's a rail grinder.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Not everyone runs across these... they repaired the railroad next to my work. I have never been around an active railroad every day nor paid attention. Most people won't know what it does. And if you read the comments, I left it up to viewers to tell me vs. just Google it. It's called "Interacting with viewers.". Lol

[@chrisd3884]

It's a rail grinder. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

😂😂😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♂️ I didn't know. There's a first time for everything my man, lol. Thanks for commenting lol

[@johnstup4479]

Never seen one of those. Cool!

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

It grinds the track, I saw it come by.. the glowing red sparks flying. I didn't have time to record it sadly

[@549BR]

You must be new to rail fanning; it's a rail grinder to restore top shape after being worn down by movement of the cars. They carry a lot of water to suppress fires started by the sparks. Owned by private contractors, but monitored by railroad inspectors.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Not that new, I've done it on and off my whole life. Loved trains since I knew what they were lol. Got a set every year for Christmas, HO scale and a couple G scale sets. The past 2 years I've been pretty heavy into it and decided to post on youtube. In all my 37 years, I've never come across a rail grinder, lol.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

And it wasn't only until last year that (if memory serves me right... never does), that they start doing 40+mph through my area. Before they upgraded, the track speeds were around 25mph tops, maybe a little less. I've never seen so much equipment until the end of last year and all this year.

[@Sven_Okas1967]

This is a grinding mashine. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Hello there!

[@apmazurka]

Tank Cars are full of Water for Fire Suppression.

[@erinkehoe5133]

Rail Profiler(Rail Grinder)

[@SteamCrane]

LORAM Rail Grinding train. Grinds worn rails back to specified profile to prevent wheel wear and potential derailments. On busy transcons, may be done annually.

[@timhandyman1970]

They bring that machine behind my house about every 2 years grinding the rail head, there 2 csx mainlines runing behind my house coming out of the new castle yard in pa im west of it in youngstown ohio there also 2 siding tracks that gets used switching out pipe and gravel and empty cars coming in all the time

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

That's awesome

[@mustachemike802]

Well... I was going to tell ya it was a LORAM, but it looks like a few folks beat me to it.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

Yeah, I didn't bother to Google it, I wanted my audience to interact with me. They did lol, some people are a little snarky, but hey, that's the internet, lmao 🤣.

[@timhandyman1970]

You said in the video let walk over to see the front of it and you walked towards the bridge that is actually the back of it the front of that machine is towards the back if those stores to your right

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I realized that later on that night when it came by working. Thanks for the comment 👍

[@viper2446]

I find it hard to believe he's never seen or know what a train is😊

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

I have never seen one of these at all. Didn't know there was such a thing. I wish I got it coming by my house at night working. My gf caught it coming back. Thanks for the comment!.

[@jefferykeeper9034]

I was a chance to work on one, But unfortunately I couldn't because of my mom and aunt were in bad health care and I was the only one who was taking care of them.

[@northeastrailwayproductions]

That would've been an awesome job to have!. Family comes before everything though. Good man right there.