wheel slippage and track damage

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Gary's explanation on wheel slippage is very interesting!  Thanks,  Gary!
 
It reminds me of when I was at Ferrum College starting in the fall of  1961. 
Ferrum was a two year college then and I went on to Lynchburg  College 
afterward. Now to my point. As a new student there I took advantage of  learning the 
N&W operations very soon.  One of my first outings was to  walk the line north 
from the station. I remember how it curved sharply right.  About a mile into 
the walk, I came on some "rail burns."  That's what I  always called the 
resulting marks of wheel slippage.  I noticed how there  were 8 on each rail and 
when I was back to my room, I dug out my reference  material and looked for the 
axle spacing of steam locomotives.  I don't  remember what class I imagined it 
was when I measured the burns on the rails,  but I do remember being excited 
when I found that it was made by a 2-8-8-2 who  had lost its footing. That has 
been over 45 years ago. 
 
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