yeah, it's a maintenance truck. They're just not as cool as the ones on the railroads cause they can't ride on the rails with their nifty track wheels.
I saw those trucks the other day driving along the tracks when I was stopped at the crossing, they had a bigger truck driving alongside bouncing around and the train was hauling rails on special cars, pretty neat to watch them all go by
That's pretty cool to see. You typically see those maintenance trucks and actual trains that haul that stuff on a side track. Lansing has something of a switchyard cause of the gm plants so it's not crazy you'd see such around here. I'd imagine that 'modern' trucks are probably too big to actually fit on the tracks now. They typically were smaller trucks like rangers or s-10's but that was from my memory of 20+ years ago.
I think they use those to go around and do groundskeeping at stops and stations etc
they're a thing. How do you think the trash cans get emptied, or stops get salted?
yeah I was told they empty the trashes with those, fix broken windows on the bus stops
yeah, it's a maintenance truck. They're just not as cool as the ones on the railroads cause they can't ride on the rails with their nifty track wheels.
I saw those trucks the other day driving along the tracks when I was stopped at the crossing, they had a bigger truck driving alongside bouncing around and the train was hauling rails on special cars, pretty neat to watch them all go by
That's pretty cool to see. You typically see those maintenance trucks and actual trains that haul that stuff on a side track. Lansing has something of a switchyard cause of the gm plants so it's not crazy you'd see such around here. I'd imagine that 'modern' trucks are probably too big to actually fit on the tracks now. They typically were smaller trucks like rangers or s-10's but that was from my memory of 20+ years ago.
this was a couple weeks ago I was riding my scooter on the outskirts of okemos, looked like one of those Chevy topkick trucks if im not mistaken
what a time to be alive
They've been servicing stops for many many years. Where you been?
Mobile Maintenance
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They have a little fleet that services the busses a lot so you’ll see them skipping around town now & again
Basic maintenance, trash pickup, and vandalism repair truck.
Well now you have. Thanks for sharing.
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I have. They come out to fix stopped buses and bus stop maintenance.