Rerailing an Engine

[MrFSS]

Saw this today - thought it was an interesting process.

 

[Ryan]

Thanks for sharing, that's awesome. I never would have guessed that something as heavy as that locomotive would walk right up those wooden wedges and that the rail would swing back into place.

 

[cirdan]

On my railroad these enormous fingers come down from the sky when something needs rerailing.

Why can't NS get that too?

 

[Shortline]

They can-they're called side booms!

 

[Railroad Bill]

My brother is a retired freight engineer and he has done something similar to this several times in his career. Takes a fine touch at the throttle and some understanding of where those pieces of wood go near the track. Saved the company a lot of money not having to call for a private company to rerail an engine.