Georgeconna Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 (edited) Just passing back into Cobh Junction now. Blue 201 in the front. Edited February 26, 2019 by Georgeconna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railer Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Sperry train, George. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Railer said: Sperry train, George. Please what does 'Sperry' mean or stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Strange Piece of Extraneous Railway Running Yoke 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertRoche Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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....) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertRoche Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttc0169 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Passed through Tara junction earlier too..... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted February 27, 2019 Author Share Posted February 27, 2019 Good One TTC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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