Egon
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found a railroad rail
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bigdad
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The common point of rail where trains are switched from one track to another. A large connection of rails with high wear. Make sense?
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Egon
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What number is that?
Chuck K.
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Just curious how the R/R track got up in the trees? Little overkill for a dear cleaning station
Egon
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bigdad
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Egon,
That doesn't look like very big rail. Normally you can tell by how many bolt holes are drilled in the rail for the connecting bars. "Angle Bars". That looks to have four bolt bars making not much bigger that 112 lb rail. The roadbed looks like it is pretty well maintained for light rail, possible a business served by the RR.
That rail saw and drill is pretty impressive! I've never seen anything like in the field. In my youth i used to watch the old track guys cold cut the smaller rail. They would whack the ball of the rail with a wooden handle cold chisel then drop the rail over a tie and the rail would cut clean. Those guys never use a torch for rail that will remain in service. Goofs up the temper. In demo they use propane/Oxy.
That doesn't look like very big rail. Normally you can tell by how many bolt holes are drilled in the rail for the connecting bars. "Angle Bars". That looks to have four bolt bars making not much bigger that 112 lb rail. The roadbed looks like it is pretty well maintained for light rail, possible a business served by the RR.
That rail saw and drill is pretty impressive! I've never seen anything like in the field. In my youth i used to watch the old track guys cold cut the smaller rail. They would whack the ball of the rail with a wooden handle cold chisel then drop the rail over a tie and the rail would cut clean. Those guys never use a torch for rail that will remain in service. Goofs up the temper. In demo they use propane/Oxy.
What number is that?
Egon
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I really do not know what weight rail its. The picture was just for pictures sake.
JB4310
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Just curious how the R/R track got up in the trees? Little overkill for a dear cleaning station
Best guess is they used it to hoist a camper off a pickup, just wonder how they got it up there! Was a little tricky getting it down, cut one tree and it got all twisted but wouldn't come out of the other.
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Egon,
In my youth i used to watch the old track guys cold cut the smaller rail. They would whack the ball of the rail with a wooden handle cold chisel then drop the rail over a tie and the rail would cut clean.
That's interesting, I thought it was more of a cold rolled, that sounds like how cast would act.
JB.
bigdad
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JB
I suppose because it' so hard. You'd be surprised how easily that rail can break. Even the big stuff especially when it get's cold. That's when our signal system comes in pretty handy. Broken rail..... red signal.
I suppose because it' so hard. You'd be surprised how easily that rail can break. Even the big stuff especially when it get's cold. That's when our signal system comes in pretty handy. Broken rail..... red signal.