Comments on: Warm & wobbly. It’s April 20, 2010 and springtime near Minaki, ON in northwestern Ontario, but it’s a hot day on the track. The combination of full sun, disturbed ballast, changing of track ties, and the movement of machinery over warm rails has resulted in a series of sun kinks through this curve on CN’s Redditt Sub. It was quite the feeling when the rail began to ‘snake’ under the wheels of the ballast regulator I was in as it rounded the curve in this picturesque rock cut area. Even as I was taking photographs of the initial kinks the rail continued to flex in additional locations. It wouldn’t be long before the regulator and a production tamper teamed up to methodically get the track section back to where it was supposed to be. Just another day on the track with a production tie gang. :-)

By: Paul O'Shell

Paul O'Shell — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 19:38:24 +0000

DOH! The Subdivision mentioned in my above details is correct, but the station name/town should read Wade, not Minaki. I was in Minaki the day before with similar machines on another gang and made a cut & paste error of photo information. Hmmm. I seem to be making these little errors more & more these days. Almost like I’m getting older and more careless. Yikes!

By: Brundle

Brundle — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 20:47:06 +0000

The photo demonstrates well the term “Ribbon Rail”. Great shot and caption Paul.