Blue Paint?

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Blue paint is used by signal maintainers to identify the point where wires are bonded to rails for signals, crossing activations, and shunts in the rail. It also helps M-O-W forces to identify the wires and not accidently rip them out of the ground, while we are on the subject, a white paint mark on the rail and ties identify the location of a culvert or pipe passing under the roadbed.


Gary Price
Keeping the ole' N&W safe...one tie at a time.

--- On Fri, 10/10/08, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Blue Paint?
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Cc: ddmmilford at juno.com
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:30 PM



Listers,
Does any one know the significance of a patches of blue paint (approx 8-12") on the sides of the rails?  A friend of mine asked the question after seeing the paint on NS rails near the southside of Milford, OH.  For those of you familiar with the area it is on the track near the WalMart along Roundbottom Road near Highway 50.  I believe this was part of the old N&W that led to Portsmouth.  I have not been able to get down the the site to see it for myself.  My friend thought that it may indicate that the track was slated to be removed at that point. 
Dave Moorehead
Milford, OH

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