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To: palmer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballast_cleaner

Same as my near miss with RR equipment..


12 posted on 04/03/2016 8:20:45 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Yes.

We lived in Canton, Massachusetts, in a duplex rental. The Bosh-Wash railroad was about one hundred feet behind our house.

One night there was this monster awful sound. Turns out that one of those beasts, which we dubbed the rock vacuum cleaner was creeping along the tracks.

I don't recall ever hearing a mechanical sound that loud before or after.

23 posted on 04/03/2016 9:39:17 AM PDT by garyb
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