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Randy Hees

June 30, 2017 09:28AM

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There is no joint there... just rails meeting over a tie... there is no evidence of a "chair" the old style of joint. The rails are drilled for joint bars... I suspect this is nearly scrapped track, with the joint bars removed for use elsewhere...

Randy

Randy Hees

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Penny pinching NG railroads	bcp	June 29, 2017 11:46PM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	Chris Walker	June 30, 2017 01:06AM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	RDannemann	June 30, 2017 05:33AM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	Chris Walker	June 30, 2017 05:36AM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	Randy Hees	June 30, 2017 09:28AM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	Chris Walker	June 30, 2017 03:00PM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	Jack Neville	June 30, 2017 12:02PM
Re: Penny pinching NG railroads	hudsonut1	July 03, 2017 03:49PM

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