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In the comments they say that "tampering"[1] is done once every year and the wiki page does not mention cleaning as an objective. Tamping is done to readjust th

In the comments they say that "tampering"[1] is done once every year and the wiki page does not mention cleaning as an objective. Tamping is done to readjust the ballast making the track more more level and durable. (One can infer it does some cleaning as well - getting rid of the topmost dust layer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFUgTJR6jw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNFUgTJR6jw seems to be the full cleaning procedure [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamping_machine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamping_machine

codethief 3y ago
According to the description of the video you posted, the ballast cleaning machine is then followed by a track laying machine, https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMXfU8blPMM https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMXfU8blPMM . What an incredible machine! > they say that "tampering"[1] I believe you mean tamping. :-)
- zo1 3y ago
  Looking at that machine I'm amazed that we as a society are not advancing further. We have incredible engineering feats like that, yet at the same time, we have rampant poverty, homelessness, polluted oceans, smog clouds, and thousands of others. That thing is a moving synchronized orchestra of a mini-factory, carrying it's own inventory and moving on the same railway track that it's servicing/fixing. And here I am, can barely coral a bunch of juniors to fix a basic CRUD app.
  - hgsgm 3y ago
    Controlling rocks is easy. Controlling people is hard.
    - datavirtue 3y ago
      The various cults make it look easy.
      - FartyMcFarter 3y ago
        They target the most vulnerable people.
        ttjjtt 3y ago
        I’ve known several people who have been recruited into a particular death cult and they are/were very high performing individuals with very stable backgrounds ie strong social network with plenty of resources of all kinds. Confident upper middle class successful entrepreneur types. The attack vulnerability was simply some level of narcissism and desire to belong. These are universal human qualities. You haven’t described accurately who is at risk from cults, at all. Think of the idea that every religion could be reasonably described as an established cult.
  - CPLX 3y ago
    Austrians have a long history of coming up with efficient engineering projects involving trains. Worth noting though that until more recently they had some challenges focusing on the right goals.

codethief 3y ago

According to the description of the video you posted, the ballast cleaning machine is then followed by a track laying machine, https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMXfU8blPMM https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMXfU8blPMM . What an incredible machine! > they say that "tampering"[1] I believe you mean tamping. :-)

zo1 3y ago
Looking at that machine I'm amazed that we as a society are not advancing further. We have incredible engineering feats like that, yet at the same time, we have rampant poverty, homelessness, polluted oceans, smog clouds, and thousands of others. That thing is a moving synchronized orchestra of a mini-factory, carrying it's own inventory and moving on the same railway track that it's servicing/fixing. And here I am, can barely coral a bunch of juniors to fix a basic CRUD app.
- hgsgm 3y ago
  Controlling rocks is easy. Controlling people is hard.
  - datavirtue 3y ago
    The various cults make it look easy.
    - FartyMcFarter 3y ago
      They target the most vulnerable people.
      - ttjjtt 3y ago
        I’ve known several people who have been recruited into a particular death cult and they are/were very high performing individuals with very stable backgrounds ie strong social network with plenty of resources of all kinds. Confident upper middle class successful entrepreneur types. The attack vulnerability was simply some level of narcissism and desire to belong. These are universal human qualities. You haven’t described accurately who is at risk from cults, at all. Think of the idea that every religion could be reasonably described as an established cult.
- CPLX 3y ago
  Austrians have a long history of coming up with efficient engineering projects involving trains. Worth noting though that until more recently they had some challenges focusing on the right goals.