Comments on: It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 23 http://shoes.blackdogandmagpie.net/2009/06/05/its-a-big-dam-country-day-23/ ms. shoes makes stuff and has opinions Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:11:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Scott http://shoes.blackdogandmagpie.net/2009/06/05/its-a-big-dam-country-day-23/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Rob Scott Sat, 06 Jun 2009 04:22:31 +0000 http://shoes.blackdogandmagpie.net/?p=806#comment-259 The railroad utility vehicle is a Plasser American PTS-61, a dynamic track stabilizer. http://www.plasseramerican.com/en/p_stabilizing/pts61.htm Apparently that little yellow dude helps fix track shift that happens over time due to settling and such. The words on the web page are not quite enough for me to wrap my head around how it works. I have no clue... It was really hard to find info on it. I have yet to find a graphical index of railroad rolling stock. Perhaps my Google-fu is weak tonight. The railroad utility vehicle is a Plasser American PTS-61, a dynamic track stabilizer. http://www.plasseramerican.com/en/p_stabilizing/pts61.htm

Apparently that little yellow dude helps fix track shift that happens over time due to settling and such. The words on the web page are not quite enough for me to wrap my head around how it works. I have no clue…

It was really hard to find info on it. I have yet to find a graphical index of railroad rolling stock. Perhaps my Google-fu is weak tonight.

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