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Is 1940 the oldest rail on a very busy mainline?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by FJ and G</i> <br /><br />Waiting for my VRE train yesterday at Crystal City, I noticed the rail, made by Steelton, was 1940. Some replacement rails are sitting on the ROW, to replace those. <br /> <br />I noticed the next track over had Steelton 2006 rails and the head of the rail was about twice as thick as the 1940s rails. <br /> <br />This is the ole RF&P, now CSX, which sees dozens of trains a day, being the only coastal north-south rail corridor in the U.S. I'm surprised the rails lasted so long! <br /> <br />Simply incredible! <br /> <br />(I can try & take a photo this evening if anyone is interested) <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Pictures would be great, especially comparing the 2006 rail head to the 1940. <br /> <br />As a side note, I mentioned on here a while back that I saw a lot of vintage 1944 rail on a local mainline, which was fairly interesting given that the name plate on one of the bridges it crossed dated the bridge to 1955. <br /> <br /> <br />Someone pointed out to me that just because the date of rail mfg was 1944, that was no indication that it was layed there in that year. <br /> <br />Possibility that the rail in question had first been installed on some lightly used siding, for years, then pulled up and sent to the CWR fabricator, for re-use. <br /> <br />(fwiw)
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