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RE: (erielack) Guard timber, rail, and rerailers
Bob,
Guard TIMBERS are along the ends of the ties, not guard RAILS.
I have seen guard RAILS on bridges, through girder, deck girder, through and deck truss, AND in
tunnels.
SGL
> Frank
>
> I've never seen wooded guard rails on any RR. RR rail is
> the most common practice.
>
> I doubt that they used them in tunnels. I don't know of ever
> seeing them in a tunnel on any RR come to think of it. As for
> open deck bridges, that's a good question that my instinct
> says yes, although they didn't have to many, being engineered
> as well as they were. Seems to me the river drawbridges here
> in NJ all had them.
>
> I'll have to look at some old photos I know I have when I get
> home. Spending my Easter Sunday at the beautiful Holiday
> Inn, in Mechanicsburg, PA curtsey of the NS. :(
>
> Bob Bahrs
>
> First Happy Easter to the list.
>
> The May issue of Railroad Model Craftsman has a multiple page
> article about
> guard timbers, rails and rerailers on open deck bridges and
> tunnels. There
> are six tables of information from the early to late 1900s listing the
> various practices of many railroads across the country. The Erie is
> mentioned once for 1916 using 8" x 5" guard timbers on open
> deck bridges,
> and then the EL for tunnel guard rails where operating speeds exceeded
> 25mpm. That table says the DL&W prior to the EL merger did
> not use guard
> rails in tunnels. Also the DL&W is not listed in any of the
> tables for
> guard timbers/rails on bridges.
>
> My question is did the DL&W not use these or is it an oversight in the
> article? The article did say that 38% of the class 1
> railroads felt the
> guard timbers/rails were effective but questioned their value.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
> Colorado Springs, CO
> ELHS #2116
> ELH&TS #52
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