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Old 05-11-2022, 6:07pm   #1
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have you ever heard of "string lining" ?
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Old 05-11-2022, 6:30pm   #2
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have you ever heard of "string lining" ?
Heard of it and done it. Technique to measure the degree (and consistency) of curvature in a railroad track.

PITA tho.
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Heard of it and done it. Technique to measure the degree (and consistency) of curvature in a railroad track.

PITA tho.
I would imagine now there are laser / computer devices capable of the measurements you need.
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I would imagine now there are laser / computer devices capable of the measurements you need.
Yes, now there are. I went to old school track inspection school, you had to understand the principles.
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Yes, now there are. I went to old school track inspection school, you had to understand the principles.
Reminds me of taking out the steel tape as a freshman and surveying the campus. Don't forget to calibrate for temperature!
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I watched a "disaster" show about a derailment blamed on string lining (assuming the show used the phrase correctly). They said the engine was surging around a curve... and this amplified the "string lining" effect.

A tanker car full of "bad stuff" emptied itself into a local stream... killing all fish over a 20+ mile stretch downstream from the derailment. I think it was in California???
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I watched a "disaster" show about a derailment blamed on string lining (assuming the show used the phrase correctly). They said the engine was surging around a curve... and this amplified the "string lining" effect.

A tanker car full of "bad stuff" emptied itself into a local stream... killing all fish over a 20+ mile stretch downstream from the derailment. I think it was in California???
They meant straight lining. If an engineer powers up suddenly with a train that has empties in front of loads while the empties are on a curve it can pull the empties off of the inside of the curve.
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They meant straight lining. If an engineer powers up suddenly with a train that has empties in front of loads while the empties are on a curve it can pull the empties off of the inside of the curve.
that was it !!!
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They meant straight lining. If an engineer powers up suddenly with a train that has empties in front of loads while the empties are on a curve it can pull the empties off of the inside of the curve.
Ran across this today. Great example.
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Reminds me of taking out the steel tape as a freshman and surveying the campus. Don't forget to calibrate for temperature!
2 or more guys on any jobsite better calibrate their tapes... it is done before you start... everybody measures a distance, say 12 inches. The tapes are "calibrated" by bending the hook tab so everyone's tape reads the same so when a finish carpenter asks for a 22 and 7/8ths long board, the cut man's tape reads the same.
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2 or more guys on any jobsite better calibrate their tapes... it is done before you start... everybody measures a distance, say 12 inches. The tapes are "calibrated" by bending the hook tab so everyone's tape reads the same so when a finish carpenter asks for a 22 and 7/8ths long board, the cut man's tape reads the same.
When we built out timber frame house back in 1985, we would all calibrate our tapes from a master, steel, high quality rule.
We did this every day, or if you dropped your tape.
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You laugh but I bought a plastic stand for a mini fridge that came with a tape measure from China. One inch on that is about 1.5 real inches.
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Ran across this today. Great example.
Take them 6 months to clean up THAT ASStronomical MESS!!!!! WTF???
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Take them 6 months to clean up THAT ASStronomical MESS!!!!! WTF???
I doubt it. RR's are really good at cleaning up big messes. I bet they were running that line again within a week.
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