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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
   
Lots of concrete ties await placement inside the OMSF yard.

   
While I was there, crews were stringing out the long lengths of ribbon rail, waiting to place them into final position.

   
Curves below a certain radius aren't just accommodated for on-site by bending ribbon rail, but rather, are pre-curved precisely with a roller bender, and welded together on-site.  Here's a stack of those curved pieces.

   
Pulling the rails.

   
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by Canard - 06-25-2016, 10:35 AM
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