Gordon_M Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) If you do find some rail, and want to haul it home 39 foot at a time; http://www.gwim2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/NOLAN.htm I know rail comes in different weights per unit length, but I always considered that two 39 foot sections of rail would have weighed more than the two tons this trailer was rated at? Gordon Edited April 24, 2011 by Gordon_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) If you do find some rail, and want to haul it home 39 foot at a time; http://www.gwim2.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/NOLAN.htm I know rail comes in different weights per unit length, but I always considered that two 39 foot sections of rail would have weighed more than the two tons this trailer was rated at? Gordon If we are just talking the weight of the rail itself, without sleepers and chairs atatched, then Most common European weights are between 40 kg/m (80.6 lb/yd) and 60 kg/m (121 lb/yd) In America the weight could be up to 55 lb/yd (76.9 kg/m) (which although no longer production was used on the Pennsylvania Railroad) If my mental arithmetic is correct this puts two 39 foot lengths of probably the heaviest section ever used at 1430Lbs? Edited April 25, 2011 by antarmike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon_M Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Thanks Mike. This little trailer was designed for hauling two tons of cross ties ( sleepers ) and / or rail sections from the depot to the point of use, over road or rail. Two sections of rail would be centred on the trailer bed ( after the front and back panels had been detached ) and they would be secured with the clamps which you can see swivelled down at the front of the bed. A towbar would be secured to the front of the tow rail sections, using the fishplate holes, and the trailer would be towed with that. It was so wrecked when I saw it that I thought it was ancient, turns out is was made in 1986 and had had a hard life.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpk109 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Mobile target carrier,well as mobile as you can be on tracks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 http://www.bala-lake-railway-society.org.uk/express03/d-wickham-a-son.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 A while ago, i was talking to a chap who had the job of putting a value on MOD equipment when closing down a site etc. In this case it was HMS Thunderer. He was telling me then, that british railway steal line was selling at £20 000 a mile. this was in the late 1980's. HMS Thunderer as in RNEC Manadon in Plymouth? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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