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Rail Loading Operator??

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Jaysub

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hi,
can anybody tell me the day to day role of a loading operater,just seen this come up 5 minutes away from my house but not saying nothing about shifts etc?

thanks
 
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This will involve loading the long welded rail trains with continously welded rail being the main job

these then go out all over the country and unload where required but thats done by a diffrent company
 
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S_W said:
This will involve loading the long welded rail trains with continously welded rail being the main job

these then go out all over the country and unload where required but thats done by a diffrent company
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cheers buddy,
Do you know how there loaded and if it is a fairly good job?

and its nothing todo with actual welding though isit?
Thanks again
 
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Nothing to do with the welding.
The rails are lifted from the storage stack by multiple gantry cranes all controlled from one point. That's the large yellow structure you can see from the end of Dutton Lane.
Don't get CEN56 and CEN60 or corrosion resistant rails confused. ( That is a job for the renewal contractor!)
You made be involved with stock taking ( each rail string is numbered and dated) and ensuring nothing gets forgotten in the bottom of the stack as there are restrictions on how long lwr should sit around before being laid and stressed.
East Yard is bl**dy cold when there is a north east wind.
 
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Ok recruitment told me it was a new job and they didnt know much about it.
How are they lifted?isit any forklifting at all?
 
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Jaysub said:
Ok recruitment told me it was a new job and they didnt know much about it.
How are they lifted?isit any forklifting at all?
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No forklift operation is involved in moving rails.
The rails are welded into 108m or 216m strings. they have to be lifted along their entire length at one time to minimise any stresses. That's what the multiple linked gantry cranes are for.
 
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