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To: Gauguin who wrote (51639)6/1/2000 9:33:00 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 71178
 
I bet not so much as concrete ties but rails buried in concrete.

The Peabody Coal train comes through here. Hits Chicago and 8 cars at a time the wheels are locked onto the rails and she's all tipped over. Dumps that coal in a heart beat. My dad used to get $5 a day for scooping out a car full of coal in 24 hours. Real good pay then.



To: Gauguin who wrote (51639)6/2/2000 1:45:00 AM
From: JF Quinnelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
I need to look at the concrete ties after we're done studying this.

You shoulda mentioned this last night. I was looking at the website of a European firm that lays track with concrete sleepers, and they had pictures. The cement ties had metal pins protruding from the ties where spikes would normally be.


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