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John Bush

January 21, 2011 06:06PM

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Chemical fire retardants are available. At the Roaring Camp we spray our wooden trestles on both the standard gauge and narrow gauge lines with a chemical retardant called Phos-chek. It is easy to apply and we have it done at the same time as we do the weed spraying along the right of way.

My personal recommendation would be that the timbers be treated with Phos-chek and them covered with the sheet metal deck I suggested earlier.

In my experience sophisticated and technically complex systems are not effective. How many of you live in houses with burglar alarm systems which have in fact been turned off for a variety of reasons including but not limited to false alarms, forgotten dis-arm codes, dead batteries, and broken sensors?

K I S S

John Bush

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How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Ron Keagle	January 17, 2011 09:11AM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Russo Loco	January 17, 2011 09:24PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Ryan Shofner	January 18, 2011 06:46AM
Fire Patrols	Roger Hogan	January 18, 2011 07:28AM
Re: Fire Patrols	Samart	January 18, 2011 07:30AM
Re: Fire Patrols	Steve Dickey	January 18, 2011 08:47AM
Re: Fire Patrols	Dave Bates	January 19, 2011 03:22PM
Re: Fire Patrols	jhp43hot	January 19, 2011 07:32PM
Re: Fire Patrols	Ryan Shofner	January 18, 2011 12:15PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	D&RGW 223	January 18, 2011 08:24AM
Fire Warning Systems and Other Preventative Measures	Ron Keagle	January 18, 2011 09:02AM
Re: Fire Warning Systems and Other Preventative Measures	John Wilke	January 18, 2011 08:58PM
Re: Fire Warning Systems and Other Preventative Measures	Tomstp	January 18, 2011 09:05PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Rich Murray	January 18, 2011 09:21AM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	FordCVP71	January 18, 2011 11:25AM
Concrete Ties	Ron Keagle	January 18, 2011 12:15PM
Re: Concrete Ties	GeorgeGaskill	January 18, 2011 12:21PM
Re: Concrete Ties	John Cole	January 18, 2011 12:32PM
Re: Concrete Ties	GeorgeGaskill	January 18, 2011 12:34PM
Re: Concrete Ties	John Cole	January 18, 2011 12:43PM
Re: Concrete Ties	Ron Keagle	January 18, 2011 12:53PM
Protecting wooden ties on bridges	John Bush	January 18, 2011 02:42PM
Re: Protecting wooden ties on bridges	Festus	January 18, 2011 04:30PM
Chemical fire retardant	John Bush	January 21, 2011 06:06PM
Re: Concrete Ties	Christian Romberg	January 19, 2011 07:49AM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	jhp43hot	January 18, 2011 05:17PM
The Question:	Ron Keagle	January 18, 2011 05:46PM
Re: The Question:	Roger Hogan	January 18, 2011 05:50PM
Re: The Question:	Ron Keagle	January 18, 2011 06:05PM
Petrified Ties! (NM)	Festus	January 19, 2011 10:14AM
Re: Petrified Ties!	hank	January 19, 2011 10:19AM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	GeorgeGaskill	January 19, 2011 01:21PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Dirk Ramsey	January 19, 2011 07:47PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Festus	January 20, 2011 01:51PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	jhp43hot	January 20, 2011 04:50PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	Festus	January 20, 2011 05:08PM
Re: How Will C&TS Prevent Future Fires?	FordCVP71	January 20, 2011 05:24PM
Fire Prevention Synopsis	Ron Keagle	January 21, 2011 01:46PM

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