071 and Yellow Vans to Cobh just now.

[Georgeconna]

Just passed over the bridge to Cobh there now. Nice day for shots if your out and about.

I Imagine it is the Track Measurement / Checking train, Cant remember what its called.

cheers

G

[Georgeconna]

Just passing back into Cobh Junction now. Blue 201 in the front.

Edited February 26, 2019 by Georgeconna

[Railer]

Sperry train, George.

[Noel]

5 minutes ago, Railer said:

Sperry train, George.

Please what does 'Sperry' mean or stand for?

[jhb171achill]

Strange

Piece of

Extraneous

Railway

Running

Yoke

[RobertRoche]

35 minutes ago, Noel said:

Please what does 'Sperry' mean or stand for?

Sperry is the company.

"For 85 years, Sperry has been the world leader in Rail Health® solutions, helping railroads achieve continuous safety and performance improvements. Our integrated full-coverage solutions are designed to detect more defects in less time, so you can resume operations quickly. Inspired by the passion of our founder, Dr. Elmer Sperry, the inventor of the first non-destructive method for testing rail, Sperry is committed to delivering fit-for-purpose Rail Health® solutions that make railway travel safer and more reliable for everyone."

[Noel]

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Strange

Piece of

Extraneous

Railway

Running

Yoke

Indeed   Railway tracks raison d'être always seemed primarily to carry passenger trains and goods trains, Yellow PW stuff on rails never blew my skirt up, no more than motorway services vehicles cutting daisies, or a hotel janitors cupboard!  Background stuff essential I'm sure to keep the trains running, but unseen by the general public most of the time. As a child you dreamt of colourful passenger express trains screaming over a viaduct, or a mile long goods train struggling to get up an incline, some yellow bag of bits chugging and vibrating just doesn't do anything for the imagination nor senses.

2 hours ago, RobertRoche said:

Sperry is the company.

"For 85 years, Sperry has been the world leader in Rail Health® solutions, helping railroads achieve continuous safety and performance improvements. Our integrated full-coverage solutions are designed to detect more defects in less time, so you can resume operations quickly. Inspired by the passion of our founder, Dr. Elmer Sperry, the inventor of the first non-destructive method for testing rail, Sperry is committed to delivering fit-for-purpose Rail Health® solutions that make railway travel safer and more reliable for everyone."

Thanks Robert. That makes sense. So they do the weed spraying and safety stuff like track quality and alignment monitoring, etc. Are they also a contractor for track laying and stuff like ballast cleaning, etc? 

[Mayner]

Sperry were famous in the US & Canada for using old Gas Electric "Doodlebug" railcars  as inspection vehicles which got just about everywhere. Sperry crews had a reputation of being avid readers and excellent card players working away from home for weeks/months.

 

[jhb171achill]

6 hours ago, Noel said:

Yellow PW stuff on rails never blew my skirt up, no more than motorway services vehicles cutting daisies, or a hotel janitors cupboard!  

Me too!!!!!

(BTW I'm not wearing a skirt this evening. It was a warm day....)

[RobertRoche]

7 hours ago, Noel said:

Thanks Robert. That makes sense. So they do the weed spraying and safety stuff like track quality and alignment monitoring, etc. Are they also a contractor for track laying and stuff like ballast cleaning, etc? 

I believe but am open to correction, that Irish Rail lease (maybe own) the Sperry wagon, not sure if Sperry have anything to do with the analysis of the data it collects. They don;t have anything to do with infrastructure works etc. There is talk of it in another thread here: 

 

[ttc0169]

Passed through Tara junction earlier too.....

 

[Georgeconna]

Good One TTC.