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posted: 13 Sep 2014 09:46 from: Hayfield
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I was walking over a bridge at the Golf Club and noticed these fence posts (cannot down load from the image galery) link to RMweb until I get the downloads working http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/90272-are-these-pieces-of-old-rail-or-just-t-sections/ They may be just T sections or are they old rail They are in the image gallery as well http://85a.co.uk/forum/gallery_view.php?display=ALL#gallery_top | ||
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posted: 13 Sep 2014 15:08 from: Brian Nicholls
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Hi John, The rail you have in the pictures, is known as 'bridge' rail. It is, or was, one of the earlier forms of rail used on very early railways, pre dating Stevenson, though, I doubt the rail shown in the photos is that early. However, it was also used right up to the late 1930s or even 40s, mainly for the radius rail of turntables. Most turntables used this form for the radius rail (the circle rail). One company in particular, the GER, used it for not only the radius rail, but also the straight rail on the table it's self. I think other companies, such as the Scottish railways, and others, also used the rail in this manner as well. I also believe, that it was used for the rails when mounted on steel structure bridges, as it was easier to bolt straight onto the underlying supporting girder work (the way beams), and not have to use sleepers and chairs. All the best, Brian. |
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posted: 13 Sep 2014 16:55 from: John Lewis
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It was also used by the GWR on broad gauge (and mixed gauge) lines, usually with longitudinal sleepering. John |
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posted: 13 Sep 2014 17:40 from: Hayfield
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Thank you both for taking the time to explain. I thought it looked like the rail I had seen in books but its the first time in the flesh | ||
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posted: 28 Feb 2015 11:24 from: D Foster
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Bridge Rail being of very shallow depth had to be laid on longitudinal baulks where there was any weight of traffic. (Baulk road was kept to gauge by gauge bars). As far as I know it was always iron rail. This meant that for Standard Gauge lines it was rapidly superseded by Bullhead or the unsuccessful Double Headed rail in the UK. The GWR in particular was extremely fond of recycling and used large amounts of redundant Bridge Rail for sign posts, fence posts and also the stumps of boundary markers. Until recently at least there was a remaining post for a sign at Banbury. Fence posts are all over the ex GWR - notably and accessibly on the Llangollen Railway - where there is also a boundary marker. I have examples of narrow gauge (2ft) industrial bridge rail - about 2" tall and 2.5" - 3" wide. This came from a very short, temporary line in Cornwall that only had jubilee tipper wagons on it - but - transverse sleepers. |
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