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philip.marshall

February 16, 2015 03:35PM

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I found this unusual spike years ago in Farmington, Maine, where the SR&RL interchanged with the SG Maine Central. You will notice the point is oriented 90 degrees off from the usual orientation, which suggests to my mind that it was intended for some application in which the rail was running parallel to the tie rather than perpendicular. I have wondered if it might be from a diamond crossing (indeed, it was found in the general vicinity of the SR&RL/MEC diamond), but it's also been suggested to me that it could be from a switch guardrail. Have any of you ever seen anything like this before?

-Philip Marshall

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Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 03:35PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	jim pallow	February 16, 2015 04:12PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	Chris Walker	February 16, 2015 04:16PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 04:52PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	Johnson Barr	February 17, 2015 11:31AM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 04:50PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	Stewart Rhine	February 16, 2015 04:54PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 05:08PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 05:19PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	Stewart Rhine	February 16, 2015 07:50PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 16, 2015 10:21PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	Skip	February 17, 2015 11:37AM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	dougvv	February 17, 2015 02:46PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 17, 2015 06:05PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	dougvv	February 17, 2015 08:07PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	philip.marshall	February 17, 2015 08:29PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	dougvv	February 18, 2015 12:45PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	pd3463	February 18, 2015 01:00PM
Re: Question about an unusual spike	dougvv	February 18, 2015 01:27PM
Cattle Guard Spike	Ron Keagle	February 18, 2015 08:10PM
Re: Cattle Guard Spike	dougvv	February 18, 2015 09:51PM
Re: Cattle Guard Spike	philip.marshall	February 18, 2015 10:48PM

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