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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 447773" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>The train drought continues. Spent 4 Hours several hours from home waiting at a spot with great composition and not one train passed by in either direction. :emptiness:</p><p></p><p>To pass the time, I shot a rail joint.</p><p></p><p>Trivia: The nuts are alternated from side to side for safety. If a derailment occurs and a wheel flange drops off the rail, placing the nuts in this manner prevents the flange from shearing off the nuts no matter which side of the rail the flange falls from. The wire spanning the joint is to secure the connection for lineside signals and highway grade crossing circuitry. All of these headaches are done away with on lines with continuous welded rail where nary a joint bar is seen.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]154188[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 447773, member: 10543"] The train drought continues. Spent 4 Hours several hours from home waiting at a spot with great composition and not one train passed by in either direction. :emptiness: To pass the time, I shot a rail joint. Trivia: The nuts are alternated from side to side for safety. If a derailment occurs and a wheel flange drops off the rail, placing the nuts in this manner prevents the flange from shearing off the nuts no matter which side of the rail the flange falls from. The wire spanning the joint is to secure the connection for lineside signals and highway grade crossing circuitry. All of these headaches are done away with on lines with continuous welded rail where nary a joint bar is seen. [ATTACH=CONFIG]154188._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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