Re: extra Rails?

["Mathew Quaid" <quaidy@hotmail.com>]

Have they ever been put to the test with a serious derailment??

"FH Eden" <feden@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message
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> Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message
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> > "jjjim" <jjjim@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > | arrr thanks guys :)
> > |
> > | i had a pretty good feeling that would be the reason,  Now i know the
> term
> > for
> > | them too  ;-)
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> > They started installing them 5 to 8 years ago in NSW when someone
pointed
> > out to them that it wouldn't cost much as they could use old replaced
> rail.
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> More like 50 to 80 years ago and probably add another 1 to make it 150 to
> 180 years ago. There were certainly check rails on bridges and other
places
> when I first started walking the tracks in the 1940's.
> And how about the checkrails on points layouts etc?
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> > |
> > | Ted Gay wrote:
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> > | > "jjjim" <jjjim@bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> > | > > ON what apears to ONLY be on sections of Track that are going over
> > some
> > | > > sort of bridge (say a creek  or over a road)  Are a second pair of
> > Rails
> > | > > Right in the center of the track,  right next to eachother,  , say
> > about
> > | > > 20cm apart  ,  I was wondering what there purpose was?.   I had an
> > idea
> > | > > that maybe it was a saftey thing in the case a train was to derail
> on
> > | > > the bridge, helping to  prevent it from running right off the
> track..
> > | > > thus off the bridge and crashing into the creek / Road below!
which
> > | > > would no doubt cause  massive carnage  ,  would this be the
reason,
> or
> > | > > am i way off ;)
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> > | >
> > | > Yes, check rails, not always so close together, can be close to
> running
> > | > rails.  Also used where rail/tram line passes under a building,
> shopping
> > | > centre, on the tram line under Star City Casino (Sydney Metro Light
> > Rail).
> > | >
> > | > Ted
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