Virginian Concrete Ties

[NW Mailing List]

Interesting info!!


Walter Gay
waltrail1 at verizon.net



On Jun 15, 2012, at 9:58 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> 

> 

> 

> 

> if they lasted that long, why go back to wood?

> 

> 

> 

> Walter:

> There was an incident on the old Norfolk Southern regarding

> concrete ties -- a car derailed on the 31-mile branch to Lee

> Creek (all concrete ties).  One wheel bounced from tie-to-tie

> for a mile and a half. The wheel pushed the tie down and forced

> the bolts holding the tie plates in place through the tie.  

> Because they were prestressed, the concrete ties couldn't be.

> salvaged.

> When Southern Railway took over the old NS, they replaced the

> concete ties with wood ties.  The concrete ties ?  well they ended

> up as rip-rap on a bank along the Pamlico River.  So maybe the

> Southern faction of NS just isn't acceptable to installing concrete

> ties.                                         Harry Bundy

>  

> ________________________________________

> NW-Mailing-List at nwhs.org

> To change your subscription go to

> http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list

> Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at

> http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/attachments/20120615/96192c57/attachment.htm>