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CHAIR RAIL
Posted by grampaw pettibone on Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:48 PM
I have made a detailed study of the NorthWestern RR of SC, which ran from 1889 through 1935. One of the things I found was that almost all of the hardware was second hand, and sometimes chair rail was used. Could somebody enlighten me about what this type of rail is(was)? Thanks

Tom

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Posted by Railway Man on Sunday, June 15, 2008 9:59 PM

A cheap, lightweight T-shaped rail that sat in cast-iron chairs.  The chair was a small casting with a slot in the upright part to accept the desending arm of the T that was spiked to the ties.  The horizontal arm of the T was the wearing surface.  It was a very lightweight system that quickly fell apart starting as soon as a train ran over it.

RWM

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