A Loram rail grinder works its way down the main line at Woodford, CA, taking off the top thin layer of the rail head and leaving a criss-cross diamond pattern there after it passes. The sparks fr... (more)

Before getting started grinding away on the rails of Bridge 14, this Loram Rail Grinding train gave the area a "good soaking".

Railroad: Loram
Locomotive: Unknown
Location: Steilacoom, Washington, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: n/a
Photo Date: June 28, 2018

"Brand New LORAM Specialty Grinder at Fresh Pond" One of LORAM's brand new RGS Specialty Rail Grinders sits on "Track 10" at Fresh Pond shortly after being piloted into the yard. The grind... (more)

CSX maintenance of way and LORAM crews grind #2 track near Martinsburg, WV.

This LORAM rail grinder is cleaning up a few rough spots near Machens, Missouri in the late afternoon sun. They were friendly guys, but at the time I was careful not to get too close, as not to g... (more)

Crews fill the Rail Grinder up with Water as it sits in the siding track at KC Junction.

On a beautiful fall day, a specialty grinder cools its 24 grinding stones in the siding at Roanoke. This particular type of LORAM Grinder is used on switches and crossings.

RG 316 spent most of the day working the wye at Adolph, MN where the former DMIR main from Proctor to the Iron Range connects to the former Interstate Branch, now used as part of CN's Mainline int... (more)

After meeting SP train 111, the Loram train continues to work near the BN Balmer Yard. As the crew checks the rails and takes in the view, note the antlers mounted on top of the caboose near the ... (more)

A Loram Shoulder Ballast Cleaner works the CN Rainy Sub main slowly through Virginia, MN churning away at a steady 1.5 M.P.H. while moving rock and debris through the machine and leaving clean scr... (more)

A Loram Shoulder Ballast Cleaner works the CN Rainy Sub main slowly through Virginia, MN slogging away at steady 1.5 M.P.H. moving up to 2,000 tons per hours of material as one crewman from Loram ... (more)

One of Loram's finest, rolls through Galesburg, Illinois.

Loram DC2 is part of the ballast-cleaning rig; this is the unit that moves the rig along the right of way. Here it's parked at Queensgate Yard, having worked on the CSX.

The Loram ballast cleaner sits at the end of the Salisbury Sub awaiting the crew for another night's work.

After grinding rail all day along the CN Missabe Sub, Loram RG316 and crew have now stopped grinding and pulled up to clear the nearest road crossing so as to let the support crews of water trucks... (more)