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Maintenance of Way Equipment


Maintenance of Way Equipment
CSX Maintenance of Way Equipment

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Railroads are not immune to entropy: everything goes to heck unless you prop it up. Interstate highway maintenance is paid for with tax dollars, whereas railroads must do their own maintenance, which is a never ending effort. People with specialized skills and machines with specialized abilities become necessities. Many maintenance of way (MoW) machines are complex, strange-looking beasts with steel wheels, built for function rather than form. Below is a sampling. Most of these photos have not appeared within the railroad tour pages where you can find other MoW photos.

= Track Maintenance =
SP C03146, Sep 2001 RTC 200102, Sep 2001 TPM 200102, Sep 2001 ELP 9506, Sep 2001 SSMR C03005, Nov 2004 PCT 200002, Mar 2005 Apr 2005 Apr 2005 Apr 2005 Apr 2005 Apr 2007, by JD Hiteshew Aug 2008, by JD Hiteshew Aug 2008, by JD Hiteshew SC 200702, Apr 2009 SP C03155, Nov 2013 TVM 201301, Jan 2015 TBM 200902, Jan 2015 BR 201201, Apr 2018 tools, 2019 supplies, 2019 xing processor, 2019 BR 201325, Dec 2020 BR 201821, Jul 2021 MT 200604, Jul 2021 BR 201821, Jul 2021 BST 201204, Nov 2021 MT 200604, Feb 2022 ET 201812, Apr 2023 MT 200608, Aug 2023

Three MoW pages: CSX 1 | CSX 2 | Other

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