Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cb@mitre-bedford.ARPA From: cb@mitre-bedford.ARPA Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Re: New rails on the Boston & Lowell Message-ID: <1539@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 09:36:04 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.1539 Posted: Tue Sep 17 09:36:04 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Sep-85 01:45:42 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 14 I was on a railfan trip to the B&M's main shops in Billerica a few years ago and got a chance to see how the B&M makes some of their continuous welded rail. They have a welding machine that connected the end of one length of old rail to another. As the (growing) length of rail came out the back of the machne, it was loaded onto gondolas for eventual delivery to the M of W crews. I guess this was an attempt at rail recycling. I don't know if the B&M still uses this machine for some of their rail or if they buy it new. Christopher Byrnes cb@Mitre-Bedford.ARPA ...decvax!linus!bccvax!cb.UUCP Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com