Re: Penny pinching NG railroads
| June 30, 2017 03:00PM |
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Randy Hees Wrote:
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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
it's at the end of a siding, Gilpin did not use the Fisher Rail Plate, I'd see no need to put in joint bars on that sort of track there since the ties were well spiked to maintain low speed alignment.
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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
it's at the end of a siding, Gilpin did not use the Fisher Rail Plate, I'd see no need to put in joint bars on that sort of track there since the ties were well spiked to maintain low speed alignment.
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