Talk about a tough job.
San Francisco Chronicle has a feature on the “grinders” in the Bay Area Rapid Transit. All night they grind the tracks to smooth them down and hopefully reduce the high-pitched screeching sound the trains make.
Each night, crews smooth about 1 mile of track, just a sliver of the 104-mile system. It sometimes can take a dozen or more passes along one small section to get the track "just right," said Dave Alves, who has worked the job for eight years.
Does the TA have people doing similar work?
-- Chuck Bennett amNY.com
Comments (2)
Yes, NYCT has rail grinders. Here is a photo of one.
http://nycsubway.org/perl/show?7219
It rarely, if ever used.