diamond tie tags

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Yes, some carriers marked superelevation with tie tags.

     WJPowers


On 9/7/2017 10:42 PM, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List wrote:
> Some time ago, I found a set of brass oval tags with numerals stamped 
> in each one in increments of 1/4 inches. It was explained to me that 
> it marked the super elevation of a curve.
>
> Jeff Sanders
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> *Subject:* Re: diamond tie tags
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> I should have said that it has to do with how the elevation of the 
> outside rail progresses into and out of the spiral to the curve.
> Jimmy Lisle
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> NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
>
> Was walking the Peavine the other day and noticed some diamond-shaped 
> tags on some of the ties (photos attached).  I saw one "series" 
> starting at 0 and going up by increments of 1/2 ending at 3 1/2.
> The tags were placed on every 20th tie such that a 1/2 tag was on the 
> 20th tie after the 0 tag and a 1 tag twenty ties later, etc. up to 3 
> 1/2.  I'm wondering at the purpose of "permanently" marking a series 
> of groups of twenty ties.
> Anybody any knowledge or speculation on the purpose of these tags?
> Thanks,
> Jim Cochran
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