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    Railroad rail profile grinding - GIF

    Grinding a railroad rail profile after thermite welding.




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    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.

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    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!



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