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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by edblysard</i> <br /><br />Its a dectector, either for a signal, a crossing gate, or a flange oiler...which also explains your dark stain...the oil from the flange oiler can get spread for up to a mile near where it is located... <br />This is not a derail... <br /> <br />Ed <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />ok, few things to clear <br /> <br /> <br />the dark long stain is a long dark line, about 30cm wide, "sprayed" on the TIES, and ballast for miles and miles, curves or straight tracks, not on rails. In fact I haven't seen any active railroad tracks that don't have it. <br />I think the most logical explanation is the one ndbprr gave, that it's oil from the locomotive gear transmision area on the right (or left) side of the loco. <br /> <br />The object on the picture is on an older track that is not used right now, this track is clean, and doesn't have this stained area since trains haven't been passing here. <br />But you could be right, this could be a greaser. I just think these devices are not connected with the right-side stain that goes throghout the country.
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