[markus_GE]

:) to ET, Erik :D

Indeed, these are fascinating machines. I didn´t even know they come from Linz, Austria, though Austria is my home country and I got relatives in Linz! :good:

Cheers, Markus

[markus_GE]

If passed some of them a few time in the car, without camera or opportunity to take a photo of them. :)

Seeing one close up in reality would be a dream for me too!

Cheers, Markus

[Fred]

I've noticed that several of the pictures have been downloaded already. That probably means that it is only a mater of time before someone models this machine.http://www.elvastower.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/fool.gif

I know that on ts.com there is quite a host of MOW equipment for download, like multi-car rail grinders, welded rail transport cars with all the support equipment, even a "shnable" (which is really not an MOW vehicle.)

[captain_bazza]

I got a headache just estimating the total poly count! :thumbdown3:




Cheers Bazza.

[markus_GE]

Just came home from a 3-day-trip to Munich (5 hours in car from where I live) and the first thing I´ll report here is that they had a massive (and by that I mean MASSIVE) chos with their suburban train network "S-Bahn". Some track maintenance work on the original line through town (partially underground), through which all S-Bahn lines seem to pass, made it necessary to re-route, cancel, split and what not some lines.

Anyway, in all that chaos, I was lucly to be stuck on a train for 5 minutes somewhere on the 6 track mainline to Munich central station and see pass by in succession...

...a train spreading ballast over freshly-laid panels of rail.
...a ballast regulator
...a ballast tamper ("Stopfexpress")
...a dynamic track stabilizer
...another ballast regulator

and some other MOV trains.

The train was, however, so packed I had no chance to grab a photo with my mobile. Heck, I didn´t even see all of the action, not standin right at the windows...

Cheers, Markus