Mike Stimpson Wrote:
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> Back in the day, rail came in 13-yard-long sticks.
> When it's welded, we don't really think about how
> long the original length was. But I saw some rail
> laying near the UP right-of-way at Peru, Wyoming,
> and it was 26 yards long. When did they start
> making rail that long? Is most (or all) of it
> made that way now, or is much of it still 13
> yards?


78-foot has been standard for over 20 years. Nobody
measures rail by the yard, except when referring to weight,
which is in pounds per yard.

UP now gets rail in something like 350 or 400-foot lengths
by the shipload, welds 3 of them together virtually on the
dock, (2 welds total) and ends up with one VERY long rail.