Dave, No they weren't used for insulation since regular steel joint bars would have run around the insulation anyhow. I think there were used as temporary spacers when the rail was laid. Use the spacer--lay the rail--remove the spacer.
Grand daughter had a school Christmas program last night so I didn't have a chance to look for them. Bob Werre PhotoTraxx > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com>, Bob > Werre <bob@...> wrote: > > > > Someplace among my "odd ball" railroad stuff, I have three rail > > profiles. These sort of resemble insulating joints that are probably > > used in spacing rail joints for expansion. > > Probably for insulated joints for signals? Around here the regular > joints are just left with open gaps for expansion...DaveBranum > > > [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: [email protected] [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/
