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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken Whoa folks: (1) ValleyX, the proper term for using rail over and over at different locations and also turning int second hand CWR is "cascading"....Railroads do it commonly, but some rail with too much tonnage and wear goes straight to the scrapper - especially rail from mountain territory. (Some of that "Bethlehem" rail in the Tehachapis from the early 1990's went straight to the scrapper in less than 5 years because it was an unaceptable liability, and rightly so....) (2) OH rail is not necessarilly bad, but past history shows that OH rail consistently failed (as in rail breaks and detector car defects found) faster than CC, VT (Vacuum Treated) or other methods between the hearth and the rolling mill. Service hardened OH rail is still out there in mainline service, but it is rare and getting rarer. Sounds like the main line this thing is in doesn't have that high a traffic density or tonnage expectation. (As in almost never sees a grail grinder)... OH rail will serve just fine in a yard for many years, CWR or jointed. Railroads have human foibles just like the rest of the world. If there is the remains of a boutet weld on either side of that OH rail and it was used as a "plug" to relace a piece of broken rail and the OH was all there was for replacement at the time, oh well. If the OH got by the the inspectors at the rail plant and was flashbutt welded into the CWR string (less visible weld marks than a boutet weld), then it's uh-oh time. There is an art and a science to railroad engineering - You can't always look at things in absolutes. (News Flash: It's an imperfect world, bad things still unpredictably happen. You just try to minimize the risks where you can.) Watch, learn & enjoy! No need to pick fights. [;)][;)][;)] [/quote] I wasn't fighting..(??) I was learning[:D]
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