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Re: [BRHSlist] 1930's rail weights

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Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] 1930's rail weights
From: Ken Martin <kmartin@cwia.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 23:09:27 -0700
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Rob,

on the track profiles the society sells on CD the K-line shows 112#  and
131# rail placed in the 50's there are two places where it shows 90#
rail placed in 1936 it is then lined out with a note of heavier rail replaced.

Ken Martin

Rob Adams wrote:
> 
> I'm interested to know what weight of rail might have been common on the
> Q mainline in the 1930s on the east/west mainline from Burlington to
> Ottumwa.  Ditto for the K-line at least from Burlington through Keokuk
> and Fort Madison.  Might one of our list members have an old track
> profile that might shed some light on this?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kind regards, Rob Adamss

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