Thanks to everyone who tried rail-ly hard to track down the correct answer to Trackside Treasure's second anniversary contest skill-testing question. Elijah from Saskatchewan sent in the first correct answer and associated research, and wins the prize pack. Pictured above: Canron's Rail Change Out unit (RCO). Congratulations, Elijah!Honourable mentions go to: Robert from Washington-Canion/Tie Cranes, Bryan from California, with the most possible (and most hilariously arrived-at) answers, and even my sister, who by osmosis has apparently amassed a surprising amount of railway knowledge, allowing her to come up with the right answer. Sis, I'm no nepotist, but this one's for you: a CP blog. (Spoiler alert: it's not the same CP you might expect me to link to.)
Watch for an upcoming post on the RCO. Indeed a clever collection of readers and guessers. Weld Done!
this is the machine i worked on in the 1980's in ontario region,great to see the article on the rco ..made many friends on this cn rail gang..anthony rose(anthonylrose@hotmail.com)
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you, Anthony. Not only was the RCO a unique unit, it's no longer in use, so our memories keep it "in service", and it would be great to hear some of your experiences.
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I worked on the RCO in the beginning 1978 until 1980. It took a couple years to get the bugs out, by that time I had moved on.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stuff, A. Definitely a huge and very involved piece of equipment, lots of moving parts to handle a complex process.
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