How-To: Replace street car tracks

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How-To: Replace street car tracks
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MAKE subscriber Ken Murphy shared this time-lapse video that he took of the MUNI light rail construction in front of his house. He used a Canon camera loaded up with CHDK to take a photo every 15 seconds.

My favorite part is when they join the tracks together- I think they are using thermite welding?

6 thoughts on “How-To: Replace street car tracks

  1. GanadoRH says:

    In place of where the video should be, there is just a dark, still photo.

    ??

    1. Matt Mets says:

      It’s a standard embedded Vimeo video, are you normally able to view them?

      I realized I didn’t provide a separate link to the video, though, so I have updated the post with it. Try:

  2. Tom says:

    I hope the high voltage power lines for the trains was shut off. One bad move by the excavator operators and some BIG sparks would fly and people could FRY….

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