Locating some track last Friday.
Thats's interesting. What are you measuring from the track? As I noticed the prism is on one side of the device and not on the centre.
sireath, post: 398724, member: 9370 wrote: Thats's interesting. What are you measuring from the track? As I noticed the prism is on one side of the device and not on the centre.
High rail, low rail, and centerline. the trolley will also measure super elevation and gauge. The collection software knows where the prism is located and stores that information in the record. Then the processing software will take the prism location, trolley geometry and other measurements from the trolley to produce the final information.
Is it self propelled?
Just seen the handle bars, sweet.
Dang it. Going to have this stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
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I've been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Thanks! 😡 Now it's stuck in my head too.
You're welcome.;)
Cool pic. Thx for sharing!
The lever on the right side, does that engage the right-side inner wheel against the track? Is the wheel spring-loaded?
Holy Cow, post: 398731, member: 50 wrote: Dang it. Going to have this stuck in my head for the rest of the day.
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I've been working on the railroad
All the live long day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
Dinah, blow your horn
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow,
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
I prefer the theme song to "Petticoat Junction", thank you 🙂 (probably the ONLY way I can cerebrally undo the above-quoted tune)-
The only superior evidence is that which you haven't yet found.
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Here is our trolley being used for slab track layout. The laptop gives information on required movements in position, gauge and super elevation to the millimeter.
Once the track in in place, forms are placed and they start slinging mud. Here is the trolley checking the track after the pour for final adjustments.
This project was a complete madhouse to work on. These photos are from the fist couple of pours, once things started moving along there would be about 30 people between the trolley and the MS50. Also, being on an elevated structure did not help the accuracies much. Track surveys are much more enjoyable with the trolley, at least there I only have to worry about trains.
SellmanA, post: 398757, member: 8564 wrote: I prefer the theme song to "Petticoat Junction", thank you 🙂 (probably the ONLY way I can cerebrally undo the above-quoted tune)-
check this out...
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Jim Frame, post: 398752, member: 10 wrote: The lever on the right side, does that engage the right-side inner wheel against the track? Is the wheel spring-loaded?
Yes, the lever engages the two bearings that ride along the indigenous of the rail. They are spring loaded and a sensor measures the movement to report the Guage measurements.
John Putnam, post: 398760, member: 1188 wrote: ATTACH=full]6762[/ATTACH]
Here is our trolley being used for slab track layout. The laptop gives information on required movements in position, gauge and super elevation to the millimeter.
Once the track in in place, forms are placed and they start slinging mud. Here is the trolley checking the track after the pour for final adjustments.
This project was a complete madhouse to work on. These photos are from the fist couple of pours, once things started moving along there would be about 30 people between the trolley and the MS50. Also, being on an elevated structure did not help the accuracies much. Track surveys are much more enjoyable with the trolley, at least there I only have to worry about trains.
That's pretty cool. Trimble has software that will do that from the collector. We are trying to get a demo set up to check it out.
Don't think I would want that end room on the 4th floor of that Marriott.
eddycreek, post: 398802, member: 501 wrote: Don't think I would want that end room on the 4th floor of that Marriott.
Sound should not be that bad, this is an electrified light rail system with a relatively straight alignment. I would, on the other hand, keep my curtains drawn. The segment we worked on passed by 4 or 5 similar hotels. It is just south of SEATAC airport.
Where is the elevated railway?
azweig, post: 398791, member: 7041 wrote: That's pretty cool. Trimble has software that will do that from the collector. We are trying to get a demo set up to check it out.
The laptop is nice because of the screen size. The numbers are nice and big and easier to see in the daylight. A scanner can also be utilized on the Amberg system through the same laptop. Of course the only Leica scanner it does not work with is my C-10.
We can also output tamper files directly for use in modern tampers, (not that I have done that yet).
The only real downside is the cables. I wish they would us WiFi or Bluetooth.
techls, post: 398816, member: 6448 wrote: Where is the elevated railway?
This is part of Sound Transit's Link light rail. This portion runs south towards Federal Way from SEATAC in Seattle.