Automated Trackwork Equipment

While researching this week's blog on the Singapore transit system, it was fascinating to learn about developments in trackwork construction equipment.  We found two rail train equipment systems that can install ties, ballast, tie plates, rail clips and rail in a continuous automated process.  Plasser & Theurer of Sweden has one rig for laying new track and a second rig for re-laying existing track. US-based international conglomerate Harsco Rail, known for its HY-RAIL^® vehicle attachments, also has a track laying system.