Find the track! See, no ballast, no ties!
| February 04, 2009 12:59PM |
I read with interest comments by some U.S. operators on ties and ballast. That we should be so lucky!
Attached find three photos of the track from Ibarra to Salinas in Ecuador on which pass four passenger trains per day, believe it or not. And you people worry about ties and ballast! What are they for? We use Lawnmowers for our track! Much cheaper than ballast tampers!
Michael Grimes
Attached find three photos of the track from Ibarra to Salinas in Ecuador on which pass four passenger trains per day, believe it or not. And you people worry about ties and ballast! What are they for? We use Lawnmowers for our track! Much cheaper than ballast tampers!
Michael Grimes
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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