[milwaukee-electric] Re: More TM Rail Exposed

[Don L. Leistikow]

Larry Allan and list:   Very interesting.        

To those of you who are fortunate enough to encounter TM rails at such
pavement openings, please carry a measuring tape.  Then measure the
width of the rail base,  then measure the height of the rail.            

A table of rail measurements will reveal the weight of the rail.
Obviously, flanged rail, commonly used on curves and in crossover
trackwork, will weigh more due to the extra material in the flange.             

It is the simple T rail from which the weight is determined.  Where
lengths of T rail are exposed, the weight may be visable on the 'web',
as rolled at the foundry.                                                    

fwiw ..... Don L.