I went to the Burnside/Tateville area this morning and checked the usual places. There was work being done to the crossing at the Burnside office, and no trains there. I next went to the tracks by the Antioch Church Rd., and found some trains parked there. One had a red Canadian Pacific in front, and it was out front of the other train. There may have been a third train hidden on the other side. Just as I got out to start making some photos, an unusual piece of equipment came rolling south. I grabbed one photo of that, and later got some better ones. I made a bunch of photos of the Canadian. That is the first time I have seen one parked, and that was a nice surprise today. Some days are duds, and some have interesting things to see and photograph. There was an SD70ACE there also. This is the same place where I found the New York Central parked, not long ago.
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CP-8529
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Next I went to "General". Just as I got there the unusual powered vehicle marked PTS-62 came rolling up to the crossing. The gates went down, and I had to back up and park by the road. I walked up to see if there was anything on the tracks, but they were empty. The PTS unit parked just before the crossing, and stayed there. I saw a bunch of track work going on, with different equipment. Trains were stopped this morning because of track work evidently. I made a couple photos of the PTS unit and then left the area.
PTS-62
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Wednesday-- Here is a photo of the other side of this PTS-62. I don't know what it is; haven't looked it up yet.
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Nice! Last time I saw a PTS-62 she was in very faded safety green and very rusty! Looks good when painted! LOL! DE Dan
Dan, what is that thing anyway...a switch tamper?? I have seen it around here before, but never got a close up look.
EM, it is a Dynamic Track Stabilizer. It can stabilize, shift and gage the track while in motion... although, when working on the track structure... they do not go over 1-2mph. Have some commonalities with a switch tamper. DE Dan