There is one major reason the British avoid the word Scrubbers.

The same word is slang for a lady who, er, makes her affections available in a business transaction.

Regards,

> On 23 Jul 2017, at 10:54 pm, 'Dudley Horscroft'transitconsult@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

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> Thanks, Matt and Mal. Most interesting. I wonder if the crew had stopped off for a pizza? Apologies for delay in replying - have

> been in Sydney at Liberal Party State Council and Convention - just got back to find 300 new emails!

>

> Regards

>

> Dudley Horscroft

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> From: "Mal Rowemal.rowe@... [TramsDownUnder]" TramsDownUnder@...>

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> > On 20/07/2017 12:05 PM, 'Dudley Horscroft'transitconsult@...

> > [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

> >>

> >> Surely, rather than using short scrubber/grindstones (are they the

> >> same or different?) it would be desirable to use stones about one

> >> metre long so as to ensure that only the tops of the corrugations are

> >> removed.

> >>

> > Hi Dudley,

> >

> > The terminology varies from country to country.

> >

> > It is my understanding that what we call a scrubber is called a grinder

> > in the USA and possibly Europe.

> >

> > Here's a pic of the Ballarat scrubber at Bylands - with an inset showing

> > the carborundum block that is used to scrub the rails.

> > http://tdu.to/Ballarat-scrubber-block_Bylands_5Oct2014.JPG

> > You wll see that the block is sitting on the bumper in the main picture,

> > and is about the size of a house brick.

> > All it does is clean / smooth the top of the rail.

> >

> > In Australia, a grinder was more complex - re-profiling the rail head

> > and cutting the groove a bit deeper using grinding wheels.

> > There's an official pic of one of the big MMTB grinders at:

> > http://tdu.to/a24583/MMTB_report_RailGrinder.jpg

> >

> > The big Melbourne grinders were based on the Woods-Gilbert design - an

> > early Melbourne designed 'rail planer' that even had a stint of service

> > in the UK.

> > See: http://tdu.to/130891.msg

> >

> > See also my earlier posting - with other pictures -at:

> > http://tdu.to/193985.msg

> >

> > Mal Rowe

> >

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