Re: Tell me about this rail-more photos

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Jon Bentz

January 23, 2012 09:40AM

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In the image "views of the track", you can clearly see ties and conventional rail with spikes with planks on the outside of the rails. Could it be that the shay ran on rails while the 'carts' were flangeless and ran on the planks? Really weird setup.

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Tell me about this rail	bcp	January 22, 2012 10:52PM
Re: Tell me about this rail	dougvv	January 22, 2012 11:00PM
Re: Tell me about this rail-more photos	bcp	January 22, 2012 11:44PM
Re: Tell me about this rail-more photos	Jon Bentz	January 23, 2012 09:40AM
Re: Tell me about this rail	Joe Magruder	January 23, 2012 11:43AM

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