Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks. On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:01 PM CartersXRd via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > they move it in quarter-mile sections and then weld it together before > they spike it down. > > the loads extend over many cars and fasten down in the center car only to > allow for the movement as they bend in curves. > > it?s flexibility is astonishing in great lengths-looks almost like > play-doh: > https://youtu.be/M9GXKqIKChg > https://youtu.be/yNUijDWhxtM > https://youtu.be/FQDh1duAyok > > > Ric Carter > www.home.CartersXRd.net > http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter > > -the world?s mosst careless typist- > > > > On Jan 21, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > > > I like the larger emphasis on the workforce. I learn something from > every > > set. As a side comment, when they were replacing rail on the main line > > south of Atlanta welded rail the length of the supply train was used from > > special transport cars. I don't know how they navigated some of the > > inevitable curves as that weight rail doesn't want to bend but that was > the > > load out on the trains heading south. > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 7:49 PM RicCarter via LUG <lug at > > leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > >> NS Dual Rail Gang 3 in Havelock NC in December, gallery here: > >> > >> https://2021.cartersxrd.net/2021.01.18x.html > >> > >> > >> Ric Carter > >> www.home.CartersXRd.net > >> http://www.facebook.com/ric.carter > >> > >> -the world?s mosst careless typist- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > -- > > Don > > don.dory at gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Don don.dory at gmail.com