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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by drephpe Boys---boys---boys!! Settle down. You're becoming too good entertainment. A word to the wise. If you try to argue technical details with people who have forgotten more than you ever learned about the subject in the first place, you're probably not going to win any brownie points, or the argument either. That's called an "argument from ignorance" in philosophical logic, and it will get you a 5 or 6 on the Wunderlich test. For all you speculators, the photos first posted appear to be of one of the better segments what was the MP Bergstrom AFB spur in south Austin TX. It's now a UP industrial spur and in a GOOD year it sees maybe a switch move or two a week. It's class 1. It has broken ties, cut ties, rotten ties, displaced and/or missing tie plates, killed spikes, etc., but it has 5 good ties per rail joint and in fact will hold up the short, light moves that use it at speeds that amount more to a jog or walk than anything else. Yes, they do occasionally derail a car, which at that speed is more of a nuisance than anything else. It's not the UP (ex-MP) main line that crosses Oltorf St, which is Class 4 and sees 30-50 trains a day, including ATK. But pay attention to Ed and MC. They know what they're talking about. Look at the rail joint and track in those photos. The rail is not broken, shelled or beaten down. The bolts appear to be tight. The track is holding gauge reasonably well. It works for its current very limited purpose. If business warrants it that track will get upgraded. It's really that simple. [/quote] Okay then ... I'll play the devil's advocate here (railraoder): [img]http://i2.tinypic.com/sb342e.jpg[/img] Aw heck Hoss! That there bend you see on the north end is normal and within FRA sheeple parameter codes for what we were taught to believe by agencies working in secrecy and telling us ONLY what we need to know, 'cause afterall, we're just wanting to "get by" on everything we do, so we can go home, get online, and spout out to anyone on a railroad forum who opposes our views "HEY, You don't conform with sheepleness!" There's no big concerns in this configuration. Heck! What crew don't like a bit of excitement from time to time while travelling along a POS line screaming out for repairs from the House of Torture?? Oh the terrain looks a bit rough, but I have forgotten more than any common sensical human being out there looking at this picture could begin to remember, and let me tell you, this is some ding dang smooth track - the best this side of <CENSORED>.
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