Rail Weight - 155 lb rail

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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 <
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> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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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:
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>
> -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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