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Re: (erielack) CWR
I think that's correct, Paul, otherwise as Charles pointed out, the rail
would sag into the car.
Paul B
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'Paul Brezicki'" <doctorpb_@_bellsouth.net>; "EL Mailing List"
<erielack_@_lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: RE: (erielack) CWR
>> Normally CWR is transported in 1/4 mile lengths on a train
>> consisting of flats equipped with rectangular frames, the
>> rail sits on rollers on the frame. At the installation site a
>> 'dozer straddling the ties pulls each length of rail off the
>> train; I think rollers are placed on the ties also. If
>> shorter lengths are required they're cut at the field, since
>> on the rail train they're all the same length. Gons are an
>> inefficient way of transporting CWR, but evidently EL wasn't
>> laying enough to justify a dedicated CWR train so they used
>> gons which would return to regular steel service once the
>> project was done. Another option for EL would have been to
>> use another RR's CWR train on short-term lease, say N&W's
>> during Dereco years, but it sounds like they didn't do that.
>>
>> Paul B
>
>
> Which makes me wonder about the EL gon photo that Ron Dukarm posted -
> there seems to be no sign of "rail racks" in them. Maybe these had some
> sort of low-level rollers that never got above the car sides that can't be
> made out in these photos?
>
> - Paul
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