Re: [CBQ] Re: New Truxton, Missouri RR Station History

["John D. Mitchell, Jr." <cbqrr47@yahoo.com>]

Most of the rail rests I remember were made out of the excess ends that were cut off of piling. Later, gangs were discouraged from putting extra rails on rail rests because the railroad thought it was a waste of materials but they sure saved a lot of time in case of a broken rail. It was a case of being penny wise and pound foolish!

--- On Mon, 5/6/13, Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com> wrote:

From: Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com <Jpslhedgpeth@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: New Truxton, Missouri RR Station History
To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, May 6, 2013, 7:40 PM

 

A lot of stations and section houses did have them.  Flower beds that is

 

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Kohl <j.kohl@wildblue.net>
To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Mon, May 6, 2013 12:16 pm
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Re: New Truxton, Missouri RR Station History

Wow, that's a pretty nice setup for a railholder.  All it needed was a 
flowerbed... :)

Cheers!

Jan Kohl
castlegraphics.com

On 5/6/2013 9:36 AM, archie hayden wrote:
> I think Myron hit the spike on the head.  I'm sure the milepost also had a 
> play in the location.  Thanks, Myron
> On May 5, 2013, at 7:41 PM, draglineopr wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> That is just a rail holder. I grew up along the old GM&O west of Sparta, IL. 
>> They had these ever couple miles or so. Just a place to store a spare rail 
>> which would be easy to get when needed.
>>
>> Myron Dudenbostel
>>
>> --- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, archie hayden <klinerarch@...> wrote:
>> >
>> > Group, I was looking for a photo of this depot when I found this nice
>> > shot of a bunch of Gandys at Milepost 58 on the K Line about 1 and
>> > 1/2 miles south of Foley. Does anyone know what they are doing? This
>> > does not appear to be a barricaded crossing. Also note the Sec 28 on
>> > the milepost. If you were to look at the other side of the post it
>> > would say Sec 27. Back in the day sections were traditionally 6 miles
>> > in length. Each section had their own Section gang. These old posts
>> > were long gone when I started in 1966 except for the post at MP 214 at
>> > Spring Grove. On the side closest to Burlington it read Sec 1 and Sec
>> > 2 on the other side. When they put in new mileposts several years ago
>> > this post was abandoned and ended up in my backyard. Will try to
>> > picture it for you ASAP. Again, What are they building? Archie
>> >
>>
>>
>
>



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