| THE ROBOT RAIL-LAYER A big robotic machine picks up old railway track and lays new sections, it can do half a mile a day. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5422 |
| Catalog #: | 249168 | |
| Clip Number: | 249168-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1699 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:22 - 01:06:21 | |
| Location: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Railroad ENGINEERING: Railroad LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Cambridgeshire | |
| Description: | The robot rail-layer. L.N.E.R. put in service novel British designed and made rail track layer - it picks up old and lays half a mile of new track in a working day! Cambridge, Cambridgeshire L/S of the giant machine moving along the tracks, it looks like a cross between a bridge and a conveyor belt! M/S as it brings the old rail up on ropes and stores it underneath itself. M/S as the new rail is moved along on a conveyor belt to the end of the machine and lowered onto the railway. Various shots as the rails are pulled into place and attached to the next section, M/S as a man uses a big spanner to tighten the join. C/U of a circular saw cutting through the excess wood at the side. | |
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