rail road rail

[gumper48]

Some time ago I posted about a rail I found while bush hogging.

finally got around to cutting it, hewre are the pics.
There is a stamping on the side of the rail "850 OH Tennessee B 1910 "
does this mean it was made in 1910 in Tennessee ?

thanks for any input
Keith

 

[LBrown59]

OH is Ohio

Some time ago I posted about a rail I found while bush hogging.

finally got around to cutting it, hewre are the pics.
There is a stamping on the side of the rail "850 OH Tennessee B 1910 "
does this mean it was made in 1910 in Tennessee ?

thanks for any input
Keith

 

[Scooby074]

Not sure about the stamping, but it looks like you used the right tool for the job.

 

[bigdad]

I'm not so sure that "O.H." stands for Ohio. looks to me like it was made in Tennessee and the OH is some designator along with that 850 number. Like 100 RA or 132 RE. The rail looks bigger than 85 lb. The profile looks taller. I bet there is some place on the web that could tell you. Then again, what do you care? You have what you need for your application.

Note: I'd say that the side with green dot was the outside of the rail considering the lip.

You got her cut. Looks good..... clean.

 

[gumper48]

bigdad-
We took a 3' piece of the rail and put it on a bathroom scale and it weighed 80 lb even.

thanks for the comments
keith

 

[bigdad]

Cool. It's 80 lb.

 

[JB4310]

So how long did it take to cut with that saw, looks like a 14" with abrasive wheel?
I have a 12", you weren't bottoming out with the 14?

Nice clean cut, at least we now know what the best tool for cutting in the field is. I've got a full length ~14' pc waiting for a project.

 

[gumper48]

JB-
It took about 5 min per cut.
The wheel was 17 ".
The clerk at the rental store had never heard of a rail being cut so he suggested I take 8 blades.
It took only one blade, the last cut was finished by flipping the rail over to get the last bit.
Below are a couple of pics to show where some of it will be used.
I got a 3' piece two 5' pieces, two 6' pieces, and an 8'.
The 8' will be used as a drag.
Total time to cut was about 50 minutes, had to pay for a half day rental , $52.00.
But it was or is worth it as I consider these pieces of rail a prized possession.

thanks for the reply
keith

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[JiminGa]

very nice! we had a piece we made into a splitter years ago but bent it splitting sweet gum. had a big 20 ton cylindar (i think) on it. hooked to a JD 4240, that ole tuff sweet gum was just too much!

 

[engi041]

I work for Union Pacific and that is how we cut rail at work except we have an arm that attaches to the rail and to the saw to keep the saw straight. We can usually make about three cuts per blade. Just for information the rail is 85# made in March of 1910 and the lip is overflow on the inside where the train beats the metal down. I just thought I would shed some light.

 

[gumper48]

engi041-
Where I found this rail was a quarter of a mile from the railroad, I'm told that there was a derailment several years ago and they used this open acerage to stage there repairs rock, rails, crossties etc.--
All was cleaned up except the rail. Rail were half buried in the dirt from being there so long.
Does't the railroad recycle the old rails?
This one was broken off on one corner and probably why it was not recovered. But there are two others in the same place that re not chipped.


thanks for the reply
keith

 

[acs55812]

Years ago it was cheap, easier to buy new rail than recycle the old. Or they forgot it was there when they moved on to the next job.

 

[EddieWalker]

I keep looking on Ebay, Craigslist and American Classifieds for something like that. I'd use a length of it for a drag to smooth out roads and fields. My oak log rotted away after five years of using it, and now I'm looking for something just like that.

Congrats on your good fortune.

Eddie

 

[Bird]

I had two 18" pieces that I used for weights when necessary, but also use as an anvil. Very handy to have around.

 

[oliver28472]

I've got one piece that's 29.5' long. Don't know the weight of it except that it is heavy.

 

[tractorman99]

Rail swap



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[Hoosier_Daddy]

I have a 1' piece from my Dad's 48 years on the Nickel Plate Road that I use for an anvil. I mounted it on a piece of Oak Board that Slides around easy on the bench.

I also have an oil can that was used to oil the rail car hubs. (snout is about 2.5 ft long"

It says PRR which also ran through our small town in Ohio from New York to Chicago.

I have 2 Nickel Plate Oil lamps that I have made electric (but could go back) that sit in our family room.. And a few more things. Love this stuff...

Pop is gone.... Miss him. He worked his butt off to care for us compared to me these days.

Tom

 

[DANOCHEESE]

Old rail is stamped into T-post in the south suburbs of Chicago. SO you all probbaly have a few feet or rail laying around. IF you want to watch soemthing interesting watch the Railroad unload ribbon rail 1/4 mile long pieces.

 

[CTW]

The Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company was a big rail producer for many years, so I bet that is where your rail was made. I'm not 100% sure about the 1910, but it is probably the date.

Merry Christmas All!

 

[some zilch]

one time, we had to move some rail for a track maintenance company. we were loading 100ft peices on an 80ft extendable flatbed trailer. when they picked them up with the grapple-loader-thingie, i couldnt believe how much they waved around and bent while they were in such long lengths