Dear Ken,
Bob told me the original plastic was tenite (sp?).
Best,
Don
On Oct 22, 2008, at 10:08 PM, krh54 wrote:
> Hi Guys
> My original post was to get some 125 rail to fit in the many boxes of
> Miller Tie Strip I have. What I did not account was the shrink that
> the Eastman Kodak Tennite II did since it was last molded in 1977.
> Even the original code 126 rail (yes 126)I have from Bob Millers shop
> did not fit anymore.(I was his last employee in the RR dept.) What I
> found out from the 125 samples I got from 5 suppliers was 3 of the 5
> were exactly the same rail. The other 2 were also the same. I examined
> them under a comparative scope. The same extrusion marks etc....
> Having one of the molds that made the tiestrip I took it to a local
> injector to make a "short run" of the strip using a variety of
> materials. The "grapefruit" spikes do not bother me at all. I prefer
> to think of them as prunes. (at least at my age) What I found out was
> this. Nylon was the best of the 4 for strength holding the rail down.
> Styrene the worst. PVC and CPVC were bad too. Now a bit of history.
> The Grand Trunk Western MOW dept "gave" Bob Miller a tie to measure.
> It's one of the oldest unused ties left. Last I saw it it was at the
> back of his old shop. His ties were scale as are his turnouts. The
> issue I had was: I have around 100 L & R turnouts that are 125 on
> scale ties. The rest of the world uses profile ties and code 100. I
> did chose to use SHS code 131. A bit tall till you actually see some
> real 155lb rail that the PRR used out here in Indiana. With all the
> rail and ties out there I would never consider making a scale tie
> strip.
> Ken
>
>
>
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