Welded Rail

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Other than in the two exceptions cited (grade crossings and sharp curves), were the first installations of longer sections of welded rail welded piecemeal from existing 39 foot rail, or was the jointed rail simply replaced with new, continuous rail? 

Matt Goodman
Columbus, Ohio


On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:27 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> They went from the crossings to laying "78"s in the sharper curves.

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> EdKing

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> One Magazine article that I do remember reading told how the N&W was welding two 39-foot rails into 78-foot rails to eliminate one-half of the joints.  I think this was probably preliminary to the first installation of longer strings of welded rail.

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> Gordon Hamilton

> Many roads installed 78-foot sections in road crossings to avoid "pumping" caused

> by vehicular traffic.  The 78-foot sections were usually "field" welded on the spot.

>                                                                    Harry Bundy

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