High rail flex

[u/No-Housing-8251]

Crazy rail flex due to rotted out ties

[u/WillieSolis9013]

those ties underneath must be pure mud and sawdust at this point. steel rail has impressive elasticity, but using the rail itself as the primary suspension because the ties are rotted out is wild.

[u/No-Housing-8251 → u/WillieSolis9013]

Yea there’s a few completely gone in that spot, this is on a cn mainline that sees multiple trains a day

[u/Top_Commission7870]

My gut tells me this could be serious failure point (derail)

[u/No-Housing-8251 → u/Top_Commission7870]

I hope not, our shop is right beside the tracks 🤣

[u/Bergwookie]

Always interesting to see, how flexible steel behaves under enough force

[u/_gmmaann_ → u/Bergwookie]

I like the videos where they’re replacing old track, and you get to see huge lengths flex at crazy angles coming off the train

[u/unhingedkillerpop]

Would the engineer feel that?

[u/No-Housing-8251 → u/unhingedkillerpop]

Probably, but hi rail and maintenance vehicles drive over it regularly and ignore it

[u/Bergwookie → u/No-Housing-8251]

The maintenance vehicles don't weight enough to make it flex so much that they're feeling it inside of the cab.

[u/Vertrix-V-]

Most people dont know this but train cars are really stiff and appreciate a bit of yoga on the way

[u/Strong-cognac]

an accident waiting to happen

[u/TrackTeddy]

Yeah that needs reporting and fixing.

[u/MissingTheFall]

Should probably put a speed restriction of 10mph there until MoW replaces a few ties and tamps them. Not my craft but it does look iffy.

[u/No-Housing-8251 → u/MissingTheFall]

Trains clip at 40mph thru there sometimes