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narrowgaugejoe10

May 09, 2018 03:03AM

Registered: 7 years ago
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Rail tongs work well with only a few guys on a rail. If there are only 6-8 of us handling a rail, we use tongs. The use of tongs makes it awkward for our track laying process, as then you have a guy on each side, and rail is usually unloaded from a side of a car, which now means the tongs are ineffective because only one guy can use them.

With unloading off the flat car seen here, tongs are also ineffective because the rail is at chest height and more awkward than anything.

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WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	narrowgaugejoe10	April 30, 2018 03:06AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	Stewart Rhine	April 30, 2018 07:38AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	narrowgaugejoe10	April 30, 2018 10:33AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	Stewart Rhine	April 30, 2018 10:45AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	nedsn3	May 01, 2018 08:49AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	narrowgaugejoe10	May 01, 2018 11:42AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	philip.marshall	May 08, 2018 11:46AM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	Stewart Rhine	May 08, 2018 04:14PM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	Murph	May 08, 2018 07:54PM
WW&F Rail Size	elecuyer	May 08, 2018 08:29PM
Re: WW&F Spring Work Weekend progress	Dirk Ramsey	May 08, 2018 08:18PM
Tongs of Maine	elecuyer	May 08, 2018 08:30PM
Our discoveries in 25+ years of track building	narrowgaugejoe10	May 09, 2018 03:03AM
Re: Our discoveries in 25+ years of track building	Dirk Ramsey	May 09, 2018 09:00PM

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