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Rother Valley Railway

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by nine elms fan, Nov 4, 2012.

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  1. mikehartuk

    mikehartuk New Member

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    Bryan.

    No, the rails are not being welded up into long lengths of CWR, What we are doing is welding pairs of C60ft rails into pairs so as to produce C120 feet long rails. Therefore half the number of fishplates and so joint maintenance. That follows the practice adopted at K&ESR on the Northiam - Bodiam section of the line in 2000 and which has worked well.

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    Thanks Mike.
    Looking very good.
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    pmh_74 Part of the furniture

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    This will also mean that anyone half-asleep whilst listening to the clickety-clack will think the train is going half the speed it really is.
    Is that so that you can give the impression of some bucolic 10mph branch line, or so that you can go at 50mph and get away with it?
    Just curious... ;-)
     
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    Not if you stagger the welds.

    If you really go to town, you can probably get a complicated 5:4 time signature and reveal all the jazz enthusiasts as the only ones who can keep up...
     
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    For those who do enjoy a short video, here's the latest:

     
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    There's more than a few railways out there with third-hand rails and fourth-hand maintenance renewals that play a rhythm that even Dave Brubeck would have rejected as being a bit too avant garde!

    Tom
     
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