EF65 - 1124 Moving welded rail

[bill937ca]

[stevenh]

I've always wondered what the side-ways tension would be like on the rails underneath?

 

Marcus Wong from Victoria here in Australia photographed a similar movement:

http://railgallery.wongm.com/works-trains/E106_1480.jpg.html

 

[Martijn Meerts]

That'd be an interesting train for a layout... I guess you need cast-iron cars for it too work though, or very light and bendable plastic rail :)

[bikkuri bahn]

These trains are called "ronchiki kourin" with the "ron" being short for "long rail", the "chiki" for the flatcar type, and "kourin" is short for "construction train".  A search of youtube turns up a wealth of these types of trains, especially interesting are ones on lines which usually don't see locomotive hauled trains/freight.

 

Double header of DE10s on the Kitakami Line in Iwate Pref:

 

DD51 ronchiki empties, passing thru Ogoto Onsen Sta., Kosei Line, Shiga Pref:

 

EF64 ronchiki empties, nice curve on the Chuo Main Line, between Sasago and Hatsukari: