Re: Narrow gauge rail sizes and stub turnouts

Jeff Taylor Wrote:
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> I think 35lbs to 40lbs was as big as you could go.
> Any larger and you could not bent the rail with
> the switch stand.

"Rio Grande: Mainline of the Rockies" by Beebe & Clegg has a picture on pg 102 of the RGW at Soldier Summit, taken in 1900, which includes a stub switch. IIRC the RGW went to 70 lb rail when it standard gauged in 1889-90.

Also, according to "Rails that Climb" by Edward T. Bolinger pg 21 (CRRM reprint, 1979) DNW&P at least ordered stubs for it's (1904) branch line over Rollins pass and they were using 90 lb rail.

hank