New way to lay down train tracks

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Jul 30, 2011 | 09:20 PM

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ITRbroham

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Damn, that is COOL!

Jul 31, 2011 | 01:15 AM

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ciera

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really cool... thanks for sharing

Jul 31, 2011 | 09:17 AM

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Sabre

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awesome stuff. Very ingenious

Aug 5, 2011 | 11:36 AM

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RobHimself

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That is awesome, I wonder how much maintenance that big guy requires!

Aug 5, 2011 | 12:47 PM

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AZS2KDancer

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. The video was well done.

Aug 5, 2011 | 12:56 PM

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Not Sure

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It's the Gumby train!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTPpHvl6qPk

Aug 5, 2011 | 03:03 PM

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ITRbroham

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Not Sure

It's the Gumby train!

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pTPpHvl6qPk

LOL........I'm old enough to remember watching that episode.

Aug 6, 2011 | 05:37 PM

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magician

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What I don't understand is why - starting at about 2:20 - they have people hand-placing what appear to be plastic insulators, followed by metal clips. It seems awfully inefficient. Is there no way to automate that process more?

All in all, however, it's quite an interesting process.

Aug 6, 2011 | 06:08 PM

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Buntinboy9

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you would think that... (that might be part of the inefficient stimulus package saying they are raising jobs) lol (yes ik that cant be true cause it looks like its in europe)