Hello, CBQlist - When the steel mill rolls rail it comes out in a long,
continuous strip. It is cut to length for shipment. In the "good old days" of
wooden cars and iron men when most freight cars were 34ft long it was cut to
33ft. When 40ft flat cars became standard after the turn of the (other)
century the rail was cut to 39ft. Seems like modern mills could adapt their
methods to load long ribbons directly onto a string of cars, except for the
business of "controlled cooling"......But what can we expect from an industry
that isn't even 200 years old yet? PAW
----- Original Message -----
From: rmh711@aol.com
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Rail length
Hello,
39 feet was (is) standard for single sections of rail depending on how far
back you wish to go. I know we replaced some 33' rail on the CNW back in the
late '70's.
rich
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