Nostalgia & History > Railgrinders in action

Railgrinders usually provide for a nice spectacle. Here an old fashioned railgrinder is in action along CR's Riverline in June 1996. For the modeller, there are some nicely kit bashed cars in the composition.

Fifteen years later we find a modern version at the shop in Cresson PA on the famous ex-PRR West Slope. No more kitbashed cars, the composition is compact, reflecting increased safety and other regulation. Most impressive is the speed. We chased the grinder from Cresson to Carney's crossing and barely made it! Enjoy the night spectacle of this composition!

Thomas Eckhardt
Hurricane UT

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I watched one of those at night and it was spectacular. We were in the business car track at Lindenwood with the 1522 when one of the trains came in to water. It was at dusk and the whole thing looked like something out of a Stephen King novel.

Wonderful vid!!! Thanks for the effort and for the post. It'll be a great help for an HO scale LORAM model I'm currently working on.