In a message dated 12/10/2007 10:50:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What I can't figure out from the picture is what the ties look like on that trestle. Are they full ties - do they go all the way between the rails? It seems like the coal would pound them to splinters after a while. If they don't go across, how do the rails stay in gauge? It seems like the cars would push the rails outward. The examples I have seen mount the rails on short ties that leave an opening between the rails, or on timbers that run parallel to (and under) the rails. Then the rails are held in gauge by steel rods or sometimes clamp-type things made out of bar, which either hook under the base of the rail or are bolted through the web. Lee Rainey **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
