Thats TENNITE II. Made in Tennesee by Eastman Kodak Chemical Division. I doubt Bob would have still used after finding out about the shrink it goes through after a few years. It becomes more brittle too. I had a 50lb bag of pellets till a few years ago when I thought a flame test was needed. It burns really fast and hot. I gave it to my local HAZMAT. They gave it to the Fire Dept. They burned it. Heck I should have burned it in my sons steam tractor! Ken
--- In [email protected], Don Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > [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/
