Re: Where to buy 12-14lb mine rail ?
| March 01, 2018 01:52AM |
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EvanK-37 Wrote:
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> I'm looking for 60-70' of rail and I am near
> Denver,CO
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> Evan
since that is all you want, and I assume you mean enough to make 30-35ft of track then I have two suggestions as the logistics of buying two new 30ft rails and getting them shipped makes my head spin, I say that after the agro of obtaining only 1000ft of rail for the local Park line reroute with the steel companies and shipping company.
You could also try the Phoenix Mine tour people up Trail Creek off Stanley road at Idaho Springs. They were still mining in the Winter months and might sell you your two lengths
OR
you could just buy new flat bar, ¼" thick by 1½" for the Base, ¼" thick by 1¼" for the web, ½" x 1" for the Head and stitch weld these together in a jig? Those will make very nice 8-10lb rails for a few $ per strap after grinding a radius on both edges of the Head, you won't notice the stitch welds after a few months of rust either.
Quite a bit of drift mining used the 8lb, with slightly closer tie spacing, these were also used with the Mancha A and B types of 1½ ton Battery Trammers, the 8ft rad, 8lb rail rating was in the catalog.
My homemade 10lb are shown here with 12lb old rail nearest the camera, just the stuff for any display track. I never even ground off the edge for those either.
[flic.kr]
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> I'm looking for 60-70' of rail and I am near
> Denver,CO
>
> Evan
since that is all you want, and I assume you mean enough to make 30-35ft of track then I have two suggestions as the logistics of buying two new 30ft rails and getting them shipped makes my head spin, I say that after the agro of obtaining only 1000ft of rail for the local Park line reroute with the steel companies and shipping company.
You could also try the Phoenix Mine tour people up Trail Creek off Stanley road at Idaho Springs. They were still mining in the Winter months and might sell you your two lengths
OR
you could just buy new flat bar, ¼" thick by 1½" for the Base, ¼" thick by 1¼" for the web, ½" x 1" for the Head and stitch weld these together in a jig? Those will make very nice 8-10lb rails for a few $ per strap after grinding a radius on both edges of the Head, you won't notice the stitch welds after a few months of rust either.
Quite a bit of drift mining used the 8lb, with slightly closer tie spacing, these were also used with the Mancha A and B types of 1½ ton Battery Trammers, the 8ft rad, 8lb rail rating was in the catalog.
My homemade 10lb are shown here with 12lb old rail nearest the camera, just the stuff for any display track. I never even ground off the edge for those either.
[flic.kr]
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