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A track geometry car (also known as a track recording car) is an automated track inspection vehicle on a rail transport system used to test several parameters of the track geometry without obstructing normal railroad operations. Some of the parameters generally measured include position, curvature, alignment of the track, smoothness, and the ...
Two were rebuilt from business cars to track geometry cars: #80 (renumbered from #43) Rio Grande River (ex-SP 3700) and #87 (renumbered from #42) Skagit River (ex-SP 3702). 3734, 3740, 3744, 3745 Pullman-Standard Gallery: Converted to "Ultra Dome" cars and in service with Princess Tours. [34] [35] 4300 St. Louis Car Company postal storage
The car was repurposed in 2020 with a LiDAR Laser Measurement System. #10002 Corridor Clipper, an Amfleet I-based track geometry car. It is periodically attached to the end of a diesel or electric revenue-running train or is hauled by a locomotive only. The car previously had a special pantograph that was used to test and measure overhead lines.
Six were sold to Transcisco Tours and have subsequently been purchased by BNSF Railway for use as business cars and track geometry cars (ex-3700–3703, 3707, 3708). [73] 3731–3745 15 164 1968–1985 Distinguished by fluorescent lights, tinted windows, and stainless steel vestibule doors compared with prior series.
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe - acquired the six Transcisco Tours gallery cars and converted them to be used as business cars (BNSF #40–45); two were later converted to track geometry cars. Canadian Pacific Railway - Montreal passenger routes and cars transferred to STCUM, and then to AMT (all retired)
BNSF Railway (reporting mark BNSF) is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, [1] 33,400 miles (53,800 km) of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. [2]
Track geometry car: MERMEC: Roger 600 2023 [79] Plasser American: Ballast and switch tamper Nordco [c] Ballast Regulator Shuttlewagon SWX Series Railcar mover Shuttlewagon Road–rail vehicle: Brandt Maintenance Vehicle c. 2011 –present Self Powered Flat Cars #5066, 5067, 5068. Relco Locomotives Work Train 2019–2023
BNSF owns tracks from the CNR Rivers Subdivision near Lindsay St, to Academy Rd and from north of Portage Ave to Pacific Ave. Along the line is their engine house and ADM industry between Taylor Ave to Grant Ave, and a yard from Grant Ave to Corydon Ave. At the north end of the track, there are a couple more industries.