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From: cb@mitre-bedford.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.railroad
Subject: Re: New rails on the Boston & Lowell
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Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 09:36:04 EDT
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  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

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