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I think freight and passenger rail take different approaches to track laying. What are they?
Freight seems to have a fast and cost effective approach. While passenger rail seems to take forever.
This deals with the US railroad.
Answer: Track laying technology is basically the same, the rails dont know what kind of wheels are going on them and on almost lines they are for mixed freight and passenger use.
It may be the difference from one company to another or as simple as the difference from one roadmaster to another.
For major rail replacement jobs they usually bring in specialized crews and equipment that do the job very rapidly and efficiently.
For smaller maintenance type jobs local crews will be used with less sophisticated equipment and expereience.
My guess is that is the difference you have observed.
Just different priorities.
