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mikefrommontana

June 07, 2010 12:45PM

Registered: 15 years ago
Posts: 38

Just curious what the narrow gauge lines used to prevent rail running on the 4 percent grades. I presume that rail anchors are used, but don't really notice them in photos. Likewise, if rails have run, how do they fix it?

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Preventing Rail Running	mikefrommontana	June 07, 2010 12:45PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	John West	June 07, 2010 01:38PM
Rail Running? What is this?	k28drgw	June 07, 2010 06:08PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	shay2305	June 07, 2010 08:13PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	Dan Robirds	June 07, 2010 08:58PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	Russo Loco	June 07, 2010 09:28PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	dougvv	June 07, 2010 11:41PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	hank	June 08, 2010 09:14AM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	cdaspit	June 07, 2010 09:29PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	John E. Bull	June 07, 2010 09:37PM
Rail running and AC traction	John West	June 07, 2010 09:51PM
Re: Rail running and AC traction	SoCalCond	June 07, 2010 10:32PM
Re: Rail running and AC traction	Dan Robirds	June 08, 2010 09:09PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	GeorgeGaskill	June 08, 2010 04:51PM
Urban legend	John West	June 08, 2010 05:18PM
Re: Urban legend	GeorgeGaskill	June 08, 2010 05:25PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	Brian Norden	June 08, 2010 10:50PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	John E. Bull	June 09, 2010 12:00PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	J.B.Bane	June 10, 2010 09:30PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	GeorgeGaskill	June 11, 2010 12:54PM
Re: Preventing Rail Running	Linn W. Moedinger	June 10, 2010 05:48AM
Sun Kink	John West	June 10, 2010 09:50AM
Re: Sun Kink	Linn W. Moedinger	June 10, 2010 12:50PM
Re: Sun Kink	John E. Bull	June 10, 2010 07:58PM

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