Ask MR: What is this odd-looking maintenance-of-way machine?

By Steven Otte associate editor | April 10, 2021

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A yellow work train consisting of a squarish cab unit up front, a similar drive unit in back, and six gondolas in between, with a crane on top of the fifth gondola, is seen on a track in the desert

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