Hi Richard
On (25 Aug 97) Richard Hall wrote to All...
 RH> This past weekend the workmen were using a machine called an
 RH> "undercutter". I picture something to replace ties but all the ties
 RH> were replaced this last summer. Just what is an "undercutter"?
I'd like to guess, based on watching trackside as the work trains rebuild the
track in stages. One machine I have watched [casually] seems to jack up the
rails and ties while removing and replacing the rock ballast below. I suppose
that in the process drink cans, cigarettes and other soft garbage is screened
out and the cleaned ballast then returned and tamped with pounding hydraulic
hammers, into a well consolidated foundation. In the process the track and
ties remain intact.
 RH> Also, on every track and time issued, the last thing said is "joint
 RH> with trains and maintenance away". Just what does this mean?
It ain't English according to my inverted brain.  Cheers..ALEC
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