Hydraulic magnet attached to a John Deere 85D tie handling crane. Modified for railroad use by Rail Construction Equipment Co. (RCE). Weight 18,500 pounds. This magnet allows metal scrap material to be picked up from the tracks faster and more safely than if empoyees were walking along the tracks picking it up. One of 43 assorted on-track vehicles doing a tie-replacement blitz in the area of Dawson, PA on the CSX Keystone Subdivision. |