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Accident waiting to happen
Author: Tom Krummell
Date: 05-28-2007 - 10:45

...The original track -- called 68-pound rail because that's how much a yard of it weighs -- is still part of the system, he explains, and they have to slow down to keep from stressing this old steel.

"It's right up here," Stanley says. "It's stamped on the side of the rail - 1892. So we've got 110-year-old rail still running," he says...

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Running 100 ton cars, 150 ton locomotives on 115 year old 68# rails? That's incredible! One wonders what condition the ties and roadbed are in...

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  Railroad Newsline for Monday, 05/28/07 Larry W, Grant 05-28-2007 - 00:01
  Re: Railroad Newsline for Monday, 05/28/07 douglasm 05-28-2007 - 04:06
  Accident waiting to happen Tom Krummell 05-28-2007 - 10:45
  Re: Accident waiting to happen douglasm 05-28-2007 - 16:45
  Re: Accident waiting to happen Ross Hall 05-30-2007 - 17:00
  Re: Accident waiting to happen Mike Swanson 05-31-2007 - 10:44
  Re: Accident waiting to happen Steven D. Johnson 06-03-2007 - 00:29


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