Track rail weight

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 Hi Harry,
Thanks for the info.  The bean counters must have really been working overtime to analyze 155-lb rail.  Long fully depreciated in the 1980s, why would they bother??  Anyway, I'm not surprised there was some used here and there, because of N&W's association with PRR.  If you've ever been around that size rail, it's truly spectacular, something like 7-1/2" high.  

Dave Stephenson


    On Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 08:58:15 PM EDT, NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:  
 
 


-Dave: N&W had a 10-mile section of 155 lb. PS rail located on the Kenova District (I think, track chart not handy). It was removed in the late 1980s after the number-dummies concluded that the extra weight (and cost) didn't offer that much of a benefit.  Remember that 131 lb. rail had a major defect -- head and web separations.  By adding an extra lb. of steel at the head/web connection,  the now 132 lb. rail reduced the derailments especially on curves.  H. Bundy________________________________________
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