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Are rail greasers still used on curves?

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Posted by spokyone on Saturday, January 20, 2007 10:06 AM

Pics are on fairly straight and level track, south of Hannibal. Is this a greaser? Grease looks worse than pic shows.

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Posted by mackb4 on Saturday, January 20, 2007 6:19 AM

 I've always thought that the greasers were the MoW's,way,of getting sometype of revenge on the T&E crews.

 And why are they always on a hill right where you need the traction the most Confused [%-)]

 And I think the signals that's places in curves,or hard to see places, was sometype of conspiracy from the signal maintainers...Eight Ball [8] Question [?]

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Posted by csxengineer98 on Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:07 AM

yes and we crews still curse them anytime we have to stop going down hill with one in front of us..going up hill in the rain and hit one..

csx engineer 

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 20, 2007 12:16 AM
there is one about a mile from my house, still pumping away.
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Are rail greasers still used on curves?
Posted by Boyd on Friday, January 19, 2007 11:09 PM
Anyone know if rail greasers are still used  on curves to reduce friction? Or was it an experiment?

Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.

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