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Richard W.

November 02, 2017 10:51AM

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New rail in the latter part of the 19th century would generally be 30' and then it went to 33' & 39'. Rail could also be a few feet shorter if it had been cropped to removed kinked ends. Not sure about WSLC but generally 40# rail might be used on temporary logging spurs with the mainline using something around 56# or 60#.

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Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 01, 2017 05:11PM
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Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Brian Norden	November 01, 2017 08:45PM
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Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Brian Norden	November 01, 2017 09:04PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 02, 2017 05:17AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Richard W.	November 02, 2017 10:51AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	edsshay	November 02, 2017 04:11PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Jim Grigsby	November 02, 2017 06:14PM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	Everett Lueck	November 03, 2017 06:39AM
Re: Standard rail length for a logging rail road?	JWJN	November 11, 2017 08:53AM

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