Is "Parent Company" a Misnomer?

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Harry,

As a bit of trivia on another PS rail, the 130PS that N&W also used looked like a "heavy-headed" 115-lb RE rail. I thought I saw a track chart where some of this was used in the westbound main between Suffolk and Poe.  It had similar web height and some other dimensions, but the head thickness was much greater.  When new, it's pretty peculiar looking.

Dave Stephenson




--- On Wed, 10/24/07, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> From: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>

> Subject: Re: Is "Parent Company" a Misnomer?

> To: nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org

> Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2007, 2:41 PM

> In a message dated 10/9/2007 6:13:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight

> Time,  

> nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org writes:

> 

> Color of  passenger equipment, position-light signals,

> build-it- 

> yourself equipment,  etc.  Actually, it was more visible on

> the  

> surface than  underneath, with

> 

> 

> Don't forget N&W's PS (for Pennsylvania

> Standard) rail.  It  had

> a taller web and a smaller head than the preferred

> "RE" rail. 

> In 1948, N&W  installed 4.62 mi. of 155# PS rail near

> Glen

> Hayes, WV on the Scioto Division, strictly on an

> experimental

> basis.  It's since been taken up, cropped, welded and

> is now

> in service on the Buchanan Branch.

>  

>                                                  Harry

> Bundy

> 

> 

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