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Frank Martindell

December 05, 2001 07:48PM

Brian:
One thing that is missiong from all this discussion is what lengths could the rail mills roll. Frequently steel products especially bar products are limited by the weight of billet that could be produced and handled within the mill. A 30 ft piece of 75 lb rail weighs at least 750 pounds and with allowances for crop probably would require close to 800 pounds if rolled as a single piece. I doublt it ever was but it is part of the consideration.
Frank

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Narrow gauge rail length	Richard Huntrods	December 04, 2001 08:06AM
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Re: Rail length chisel to size	Fred T	December 06, 2001 07:41AM
Re: Narrow gauge rail length	Frank Martindell	December 05, 2001 07:48PM
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