Gday Tom

Nor have I.
The welding must have been pretty good to stop
the strip from moving under traffic

Cheers, Mick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Fairbairn" tfairbairn@...>
To: TramsDownUnder@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 7:02 AM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] Re: Glenelg line closure, Sunday 07/12/2008

> --- InTramsDownUnder@..., "Mick Duncan" <kitbuny@...> wrote:

>>

>> Gday All

>>

>> In the good old days of the MMTB, they would build up the head and

>> running edge with weld, grind it to profile and all would be well

> after a

>> few hrs work.

>>

>> Cheers, Mick.


> Gday, all:

>

> In the USofA, the West Penn System used to resurface worn rail by

> welding a steel strap to the top of the head in lieu of replacing the

> rail. This was quite a lengthy system and there was a lot of rail they

> repaired in this fashion. I never heard of this being done anywhere else.

>

> Cheers: Tom Fairbairn