Infrastructure...upgrade our RRs!

These images are from a major Northeast commuter rail system, where trains run daily.
Ballast gone, spikes coming up and loose.
Does not say much for America’s rail network.
Does not say much for our country’s touted infrastructure.[image deleted][image deleted]

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Paulypeeps · 46-50, F

Looks like they are replacing the ties, the new ones have the Pandrol clips, the older ones are spiked. Doing every other one so the track is still supported. Rail must be good enough to keep for a while.

soar2newhighs

@Paulypeeps I use this station often. Those ties aren’t as best I can tell scheduled to be replaced any time soon- but I could be mistaken. And thanks for your input.

Paulypeeps · 46-50, F

@soar2newhighs Probably no proper budget for major maintenance and no down time for a proper outage so they are just doing what they can as and when, doing the worst bits so they are half supported at least. Poor state of the ties probably due to a lack of proper maintenance of the ballast, running the tamper through to wash out the mud and pack the ballast done in time would have stopped the rot.