Rail Weight - 155 lb rail

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Just a post of a photo of Rail 1956 builders plates that come from the Roanoke area for that that are interested.


 
Stephen Rineair


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Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 9:07 AM
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Subject: Re: Rail Weight - 155 lb rail

I don't know about the Buchanan Branch but I do know there was a stretch of 155 pm the Kenova District near Webb.  Big stuff - you had to be aware when you needed to step over it.  I remember working on the Sperry rail test car and it flagged the bent stock rail in the 
west switch at Webb.  Since the Burro crane following us had no 155 rails on his push car they had to go find one and also the hydraulic mechanism that had to be used to get  the proper little sharp bend in the stock rail.  They got it all done without delaying any trains - iy esd in the  westbound main.
Never did see a Roadmaster so close to crying  . . .
Ed King 
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On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:57 PM NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
Gentlemen,
If I remember correctly, I think that there was a section of 155 lb rail on Buchanan Branch between Devon and Hurley.  It seems I stumbled onto it in the track chart one time when I was working “PD”.  I’m thinking it was less than 10 miles, maybe more like 5 miles.  Another interesting discussion—keep ‘em rolling.
Thank Ya’n Out,
Chris Dalton 
Bluefield, WV
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On Apr 11, 2023, at 8:58 PM, 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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