Comments on: CN pile driver 50825 waits for a work block in the back track at Field, Ontario. With its boom in the “full upright position”, this photo does not give one a strong feeling of stability. http://www.railpictures.ca The BEST Canadian photos on the Internet, eh? Fri, 08 May 2026 19:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Paul O'Shell http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39007#comment-35028 Paul O'Shell Sun, 22 Sep 2019 17:51:59 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN-50825j-Field-ON-September-1968-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-35028 It is known as 'batter'. It is known as ‘batter’.

]]> By: Paul O'Shell http://www.railpictures.ca/?attachment_id=39007#comment-35026 Paul O'Shell Sun, 22 Sep 2019 13:15:33 +0000 http://www.railpictures.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CN-50825j-Field-ON-September-1968-Don-Jaworski.jpg#comment-35026 While it does look a little 'wonky', the pile driver leads are designed to tilt left, right, fore or aft in order to drive piles at an angle to the vertical. While it does look a little ‘wonky’, the pile driver leads are designed to tilt left, right, fore or aft in order to drive piles at an angle to the vertical.

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