Ever seen a train lay its own track?

[dogg57]

The road bed was raised 13 inches to accommodate the new high speed rail line between St Louis and Chicago IL.There are only two of these German track laying machines in the world,one here and one in Europe

http://www.wimp.com/traintrack/

 

[NJChileHead]

Man, I couldn't imagine putting my hands in front of those machines day in and day out without having nightmares once in a while.

 

[Pine Baron]

John Henry must be rolling in his grave!