Rochelle Railroad Park in IL is asking for any information regarding a train
derailment in the mid-60's which eventually resulted in greenspace for the
railpark. Thanks
Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com wrote:
Not being a maintenance of way expert...or even, in fact knowing much about it
other than from observation it seems that there were two reasons to "oil the
rails"...certainly the running surface of the? was never oiled...What was oiled
was the sides of the running surfact...there were "automatic" flange oilers
used for this purpose..They were activated by the flange pressing on the edge
of the device.? The other oiling done was on the angle bars and rail joints so
that they wouldn't "freeze".? This purpose is, of course, now largely gone with
the almost universal use of welded rail.?
In the case of jointed rail it was necessary to keep the joints somewhat
flexible via oiling to allow a bit of "play" to allow for expansion and
contraction during extreme changes in weather to avoid? "stripped" joints.??
Shortly after the Union Pacific took over the old Rock Island mainline between
Fairbury and Hallam, NE that they began a joint oiling program.? Said oiling
was quite visible when it began since it had been some time since the Rock
Island had done such a thing.
Someone mentioned the application of a kind of asphalt material on the
tieplates and bridges to protect against corrosion.? I watched this being done
on the Government bridge across the Mississippi at Rock Island, IL in 1960.?
Pete?
-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas Harding <dharding@nethtc.net>
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 7:57 am
Subject: [CBQ] Re:Oiling the Rails
I find this hard to believe. Oil on the rails would reduce traction effort.
Flanges were oiled to reduce rolling resistance on curves, but this was in
limited use and locations.
Salt brine drip from reefers was a problem for the railroads. Meat reefers
were the heavy users of salt, and many used brine tanks to contain the salt
melt so it would not drip. Produce reefers did not use as much salt, if any,
as meat reefers, as produce does not require the colder temps required by
meat, so their melt was not as destructive. The Brine tanks was one
effective answer to the corrosive nature of salt melt.
Doug Harding
www.iowacentralrr.org
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