Re: (erielack) Guard timber, rail, and rerailers

[dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

ok    Yes, that was used all the time.
 
Bob
 
 
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From: schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net
To: erielack_@_lists.elhts.org
Sent: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 3:02 PM
Subject: 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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