Crazy looking thing

Hey all-- Just wondering what this washttp://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=65938It's called Herzog. What's that?-Dave

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That is just the company that manufactures the equipment. Herzog provides a full range of services to transit agencies in the management, operations and maintenance of commuter, regional and light rail passenger systems.It just looks like a MOW that is clearing out the beds of trees and debris.Cheers
Larry

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OIC. I guess I got alot to learn-Dave

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FYI: HERTZOG is in the BALLAST business as well. They have automated systems for laying huge amounts of fresh ballast. This train seems to be a unit train with a crawler crane designed to "clean and maintain" ballast.Pete Willard

http://www.trainsimstuff.com

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Is it a optical illusion or is that narrow gauge track? It seems small as is the Mow train.

Frank Roberts
P&D Tractor trailer Driver for R&L Carriers
"Sometimes I dream about being carried off by a big giant squirrel. Does that make me a nut?"

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They had a bright shiney new unit very much like the one pictured reworking the ballast at the site of the coal load derailment a couple months ago near Oreapolis, NE. In the sun you about needed welder's goggles to look at that bright yellow paint.

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Naw, that's standard gauge. You're probably just used to seeing locomotives "hang" outside the rail a bit more than that. On a related note (and this is juvenile but I can't help it) does anyone else giggle when you see "Do not hump" on those things?Blake Harris
Manager/Engineer, Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
http://www.jeffersonrailway.com

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Oh grow up!

SD40-2: the best locomotive EMD ever made!

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Info from their website: http://www.herzogcompanies.com/multipurpose_machine.htm
The gondolas are actually articulated.

Jay
http://www.s95019297.onlinehome.us/

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>On a related note (and this is juvenile but I can't help it)
>does anyone else giggle when you see "Do not hump" on those
>things?
On www.funnyjunk.com (not recommended for the lil' kids) there's a picture that of the back of some railroad cars (probably passenger) it said "Do Not Hump", but it was cropped so all you could see were the words.PS Yes I laugh a bit too, and I honestly try not to.

Zach Lybrand
President and Founder of the Fort Worth Locomotive Shops
Lighting technicians and modelers wanted for FWLS! PM me if you want to apply!
ATSF 107 http://railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=48426

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>On a related note (and this is juvenile but I can't help it)
>does anyone else giggle when you see "Do not hump" on those
>things? Most definitely! -Jeff

Union Pacific fan.

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Those cars look like stack cars! >Mike Forster<
Perth, Western Australiapacificnational_nr103@hotmail.com
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>On a related note (and this is juvenile but I can't help it)
>does anyone else giggle when you see "Do not hump" on those
>things? You are not the only one who had a giggle. I am assuming that means the unit is not designed to be sorted in a hump yard. No doubt pranksters have used that stencil on items other than rail cars. Reminds me of a rubber stamp I saw when I worked for an Oil Company that read "TIGHT HOLE". (A 'tight hole' referrs to a drilling site where information is to remain confidential.)Cheers,
Gary Cameron
Grande Prairie "The last civilized stop before Alaska," AB
Canada

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>On a related note (and this is juvenile but I can't help it)
>does anyone else giggle when you see "Do not hump" on those
>things? Perhaps directed at foamers who love trains just a little too much? Dave Reage - Beta Tester
Halifax, Canada

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>Perhaps directed at foamers who love trains just a little
>too much? ROFLMAO! I would never do such a thing And in response to #11- Yeah that's what I thought too when I saw it.-Dave

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So, the curious part of me wants to know.What's the designation and builder of the locomotive there? almost looks kinda like an ICE train.BTW, you haven't seen ANY Ballast unloaders until you've seen Georgetown Rail Equipment's "DUMP TRAIN" in action.. That's pretty cool to watch. Bradley Linda
Waco, Texas

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