To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!

Railroad Track questions

H

Hiball

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 30, 2009
Messages
14,027
Location
Missery
ekeller said:
The rr I work for hauls uncoated ties from a Coopers plant to another plant to be treated and then back. About 25 gons a week every week.
Click to expand...

Yes.. I thought i made it clear in post #47 that i must of misunderstood my Track Supervisor or he was Mistaken. I still see Gons full of Creosote ties occasionally and Actually the Tie Gang just left after laying nearly 50 miles worth of New Ties/Track on part of my Territory. I thought you worked for some sort of Museum Railroad? (Maybe i have you mixed up with another member) Who do you work for again?
 
Last edited:
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
E

ekeller

Well-known member
Joined
Mar 8, 2011
Messages
164
Hiball said:
Yes.. I thought i made it clear in post #47 that i must of misunderstood my Track Supervisor or he was Mistaken. I still see Gons full of Creosote ties occasionally and Actually the Tie Gang just left after laying nearly 50 miles worth of New Ties/Track on part of my Territory. I thought you worked for some sort of Museum Railroad? (Maybe i have you mixed up with another member) Who do you work for again?
Click to expand...

Better Not Start a Family LOL!
 
P

plierwire

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 13, 2011
Messages
54
You could also keep your eyes peeled for a big piece of steel I-Beam. I have one with about a 5" flange width and it works great for hammering on.
 
H

Hiball

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 30, 2009
Messages
14,027
Location
Missery
ekeller said:
Thats what we call it, just take the first leter from each word.
Click to expand...

Ive never heard it called that before.. I can imagine with System Wide Seniority it can be frustrating from time to time if your in a bad Seniority slot.
 
B

byoungblood

Well-known member
Joined
Apr 6, 2011
Messages
2,590
Location
Berryville, VA
Outlawmws said:
Nails like that are usually used around here on telephone/power poles. I've never seen one on a RR tie. :dunno:
Click to expand...

I know of a few folks that collect those when they can still find them in ties. I don't think railroads (at least class 1s) still use them anymore with track maintenance records being computerized today.
 
Z

ZRX61

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 15, 2006
Messages
28,716
Location
Solar Blight Valley, SoCal
Paydirt!

1-30-12003.jpg


1-30-12002.jpg


1-30-12001.jpg


& with the UMD after a bit of a clean up:

1-30-12009.jpg
 
T

trboxman

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 21, 2011
Messages
679
Location
North Bend, WA
Someone put some time into making that one. A properly formed horn, a square hardy hole and the top and sides are machined flat and square.
 
Z

ZRX61

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 15, 2006
Messages
28,716
Location
Solar Blight Valley, SoCal
Yup, I scraped it & the machining marks are visible. I already have it somewhat cleaner than that last pic. Even the curve where the web was shaped is machined.

The letters on the web are C R M, any ideas?

Heard about something new(to me) to try cleaning it up some more. I shall buy the stuff tomorrow & report back.
 
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
J

Joe B.

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 2, 2007
Messages
2,752
Here is mine. I picked it up at a Habitat Restore for $15. I posted a thread about it and no one seemed to care. Linky Now I get back from vacation to learn that I'm some kind of felon or terrorist or something. I just thought it was a new reason for my wife to be annoyed at me.
View media item 14364
I must say that LSU's responses to this thread have been quite amusing and made my day.
 
C

csmitty

Well-known member
Joined
Dec 17, 2010
Messages
1,542
Joe B. said:
Here is mine. I picked it up at a Habitat Restore for $15. I posted a thread about it and no one seemed to care. Linky Now I get back from vacation to learn that I'm some kind of felon or terrorist or something. I just thought it was a new reason for my wife to be annoyed at me.
View media item 14364
I must say that LSU's responses to this thread have been quite amusing and made my day.
Click to expand...

I'm curious what they have it mounted to. Looks like half of a tractor axle or something. And is that wood on top of that? Then track? Def interesting.
 
J

Joe B.

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 2, 2007
Messages
2,752
csmitty said:
I'm curious what they have it mounted to. Looks like half of a tractor axle or something. And is that wood on top of that? Then track? Def interesting.
Click to expand...

TexasDmax said:
9N ford tractor axle housing.
Click to expand...

I don't know my tractor axles so I'll defer to others on the exact model. The wood appears to just be a thick piece of pine. The rail is held on to the wood with a couple of large nails or spikes. The whole assembly is kind of loose but the axle housing is pretty stable for light pounding. Based on the marks on the rail, I suspect this thing was used quite a bit for pounding on so it must have been good enough. For me at 5'8", I suspect this would be a very good working height. I'll probably remove the rail, toss the wood and put the axle housing out in my shed until I get around to cleaning it up. The rust is just flaking off of the axle housing and will make quite a mess if left as is. If I get a little more room, I may re-assemble the whole thing.
 
O

Outlawmws

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 9, 2011
Messages
39,214
Location
The Badlands
Joe B. said:
I don't know my tractor axles so I'll defer to others on the exact model. The wood appears to just be a thick piece of pine. The rail is held on to the wood with a couple of large nails or spikes. The whole assembly is kind of loose but the axle housing is pretty stable for light pounding. Based on the marks on the rail, I suspect this thing was used quite a bit for pounding on so it must have been good enough. For me at 5'8", I suspect this would be a very good working height. I'll probably remove the rail, toss the wood and put the axle housing out in my shed until I get around to cleaning it up. The rust is just flaking off of the axle housing and will make quite a mess if left as is. If I get a little more room, I may re-assemble the whole thing.
Click to expand...

Keep or replace the wood. you don't want an anvil, or a rail bit being use as an anvil sitting directly on a steel stand. the wood isolates the anvil from the steel base, giving it almost the same effect as a log section traditionally used.
 
J

Joe B.

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 2, 2007
Messages
2,752
Outlawmws said:
Keep or replace the wood. you don't want an anvil, or a rail bit being use as an anvil sitting directly on a steel stand. the wood isolates the anvil from the steel base, giving it almost the same effect as a log section traditionally used.
Click to expand...

My plan would be to reassemble the whole thing after I clean it up and get a new piece of wood at that time. Right now I don't have the floor space in the garage for this thing so I'll probably just use the rail on my very heavy wooden workbench.

So if I do replace the wood, should I go with another piece of pine or should I find a nice heavy hardwood block?

I cut a tree down this last summer that was just outside the garage. Maybe I should have cut it at waist height and made it into my anvil stand. My wife would have loved that in front of our house in the flower beds.
 
Z

ZRX61

Well-known member
Joined
Aug 15, 2006
Messages
28,716
Location
Solar Blight Valley, SoCal
Joe B. said:
I cut a tree down this last summer that was just outside the garage. Maybe I should have cut it at waist height and made it into my anvil stand. My wife would have loved that in front of our house in the flower beds.
Click to expand...

I have a large piece of Mulberry right outside my front door for pounding on...
 
B

bora492

Well-known member
Joined
Jan 9, 2007
Messages
78
Location
Riverside, CA
Appropriate timing! Last weekend I saw an old, rusty piece of rail at an estate sale. It was about 14" long, and obviously cut with a cutting torch. They wanted $10, so I brought it home. I cut off the rough ends with my Kalamazoo 7AW bandsaw, sandblasted it, and painted it. I guess I was just lucky.

Dave S.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
To avoid these ads, REGISTER NOW!
Top Bottom