Some time ago, say 20 years, I saw the Grand Trunk was staging sectional track along side the right of way near grade crossings. These were just like your model sectional track: Rails ties, spikes, the whole assemblly. When it came time to re-do the grade crossing, they cut out the old section of track, lifted the whole thing out of the way, then replaced it with the new section. Weld, grind, and ballast and the trains are running. Another day to replace the rubber road.
Darrell Smith --- In [email protected], "David Engle" <rirocket@...> wrote: > > A number of years ago, say 20; I heard something about L&N replacing a > stretch of mainline track with a stretch of asphalt paving, then laid track > and ballast over that. Don;t ever remember anything resulting from that > "experiment". > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gale Hall > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Road Crossings..... > > > > > Ed... > > Sounds simple enough, but even with a tie shear and the old tie in three > pieces the ends still have to be brought back into the center to be > removed...then with the rail elevated or all the ballast cleared out the new > ties turned sideways and turned back under the rail...then ya gotta bunch > them until you get enough under the rail and then spread them to normal > spacing...rework the ballast..multi platform station tracks had to be a > terrific mess too with 16 or 18 inch high concrete or stone side > walls....like working in a ditch with no side way movement for 3 or 4 hundred > feet or more...or this would be even harder to work with..several years ago > when Beaver Lake was very low..we were walking down around the Monte Ne area > and came across these concrete forms that has big slots in them after seeing > several it dawned on me what they had done...the Monte Ne Ry ran down a > valley and with a creek beside was very prone to wash outs...so they poured > concrete to stabalize the track and these forms are what remained after the > rail was removed and the ties rotted out...all this would have been done > between 1903 and 1918. It might have helped with a washout problem but > certainly did not aid tie replacement. > > gale hall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 10:46 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Road Crossings..... > > > > > wood crossings typically had one board outside the rails. > > -Michael Eldridge > > I think the idea was to have wooden boards over the entire tie length in > order to facilitate tie replacement when needed. That way there is no need to > tear up the concrete or asphalt. Just unscrew the wood boards, remove the > ties, install new ties, reattach the wood boards and let the trains roll > through. > > Cheers...Ed L. > www.sscale.org > ------------------------------------ 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/
