Loram Rail Grinder LMIX 401

[Bill Richardson]

    Today my wife and I were in the area of Hwy 127 between Houstonville and Junction City.  Actually, we were on a parallel road near the tracks.  Getting near Junction City, I saw a strange group of rail cars behind an odd looking engine.  I had never seen this outfit before.  I had seen mention of a "rail grinder" here on Jreb, and I figured that was what I was looking at.  Tonight I looked it up to confirm my guess.  It was parked, with the lead engine running, and exhaust flowing out the top.   It was headed north.  I got out a camera and made several photos.  I was on the shady side, so the photos couldn't be good, but I made some anyway.  It was a rare sighting.

Loram rail grinder LMIX 401

[leroy]

Bill...

I love these contraptions...!   Thanks for takin the time to post the photos...

leroy