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jockellis
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Track weight
Posted by jockellis on Sunday, January 15, 2006 7:06 PM
Some photos in TRAINS recent piece on modern track shows the weight and age on the side. Does all track have this?
Jock Ellis
Cumming, GA US of A
Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers

Jock Ellis Cumming, GA US of A Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers

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beaulieu
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Posted by beaulieu on Sunday, January 15, 2006 7:10 PM
Yes plus additional information, such as section and who rolled it.
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mudchicken
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Posted by mudchicken on Sunday, January 15, 2006 8:42 PM
Also, in addition to the raised letters, you have stamped numbers on the othe other side known as the "Heat Numbers" that give the pedigree of the rail and where it came from in the Billet/Ingot..
Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west
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