Railroad rail profile grinding - GIF

[Jon]

Grinding a railroad rail profile after thermite welding.




Previously:

Rail repair with thermite welding - GIFs
Rail grinder - video

[Karl_H]

How many thou was that adjustment at 0:11 ?

"Give it a good spin until it feels right."
I guess if he has been doing it long enough, that is exactly what he did.

[Hoosiersmoker]

Around here they use a car that follows the welding process that crowns the entire length of rail and the new joints all in one process. There's a rail yard 1 mile from our house so we get to see all the cool toys!