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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (51561)	5/31/2000 10:52:00 PM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (2) of 71178

Well, there's some stuff about the spikes in there, but not about how they got bent... unless it's because they got driven by someone who was crappy at driving them.... Spikes would be driven to hold the rail in place. They had to be driven vertically and placed at least several inches back from the end of the tie to avoid splitting the tie. Any spike accidently driven at an angle could not be straightened for in so doing the hole in the tie would be enlarged and thus allow the spike to loosen easier. One man on the section crew would usually be more proficient that the other at driving spikes vertically, so the section foreman usually relied upon that individual to set the spikes. BTW... I think I'd like that "track walker's" job... to walk 3 miles of track inspecting it each day...except that I'd have to carry a big packsack for collecting rocks... Have gotten some of my favourite little rocks walking along old railway lines... Mr. Croc has a little rule though... I can't bring back more than I can carry in my pockets... and he doesn't carry rocks...ever... Creates a terrible dilemma for me sometimes... have to end up leaving some of the rocks back along the railway so that I can bring other ones instead... jeez... what a man... ;-}

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