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nedsn3

September 30, 2018 05:05PM

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Not sure about the NG, but when starting from scratch on wide gauge, we used to calculate that it takes about 1 ton of ballast for 8"-12" below the tie, per foot, to fill the cribs. That of course is a standard ballast section including 6" of of the end of tie. Ballast represents a huge cost in mainline rr construction, a cost which sometimes is lost or forgotten, in the initial estimates. How much has been used on the C&TS? Don't know, but I agree with your observation that it didn't seem to be there until fairly recently.

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Ballasting the C&TS	kcsivils	September 29, 2018 10:56PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	John West	September 30, 2018 02:43PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	Russo Loco	October 01, 2018 03:54PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	nedsn3	September 30, 2018 05:05PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	Rader Sidetrack	September 30, 2018 06:08PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	Kelly Anderson	October 02, 2018 06:39AM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS . . .	Russo Loco	October 02, 2018 12:51PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS . . .	Steve Forney	October 02, 2018 01:42PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS . . .	Rich Murray	October 02, 2018 01:56PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS . . .	Steve Forney	October 02, 2018 05:23PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	John Bush	October 02, 2018 04:02PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	Jimr260	October 02, 2018 05:56PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	Jim Callaway	October 02, 2018 09:02PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	jfengineer	September 30, 2018 06:57PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	o anderson	September 30, 2018 11:25PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	nedsn3	October 01, 2018 02:21PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	nedsn3	October 01, 2018 02:07PM
Re: Ballasting the C&TS	bnsf dispr	October 01, 2018 02:13PM
Getting ready to ballast	John West	October 02, 2018 07:04PM
Re: Getting ready to ballast	usmc1401	October 02, 2018 10:02PM

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