nova_robotics (Apr 20, 2023)
Wonder what the purpose of the cloth between the jack and the corner poling pocket?
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Putting a folded piece of heavy canvas, or rubber or soft wood, to a degree lessens the chance of the jack slipping from metal-to-metal contactOriginally Posted by Inflight
Wonder what the purpose of the cloth between the jack and the corner poling pocket?
More Duff Barrett jacks here:
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Inflight (Apr 20, 2023)
To keep from scratching the rail car??Just kidding. Perhaps the cloth would help keep the jack from slipping. The fibers get squished into defects in both surfaces.
I am thinking Norfolk and Southern Railway is needing A BUNCH of those jacks !!!!! They are having a streak of bad luck, OR perhaps their poor management decisions are catching up with them.
When much of the rest of the world uses bullhead rail and pandrol clips on concrete sleepers (there are pandrol fittings for wooden sleepers), rather than flat bottom rail and 'spikes' (Canada is much the same), one can't help wonder if lack of investment and improvement rather than fat shareholder profits is the real problem.
I always wonder about the people in these old pictures. Who is that guy, and what was his life story? Did he have kids and grandkids, and do they have this picture?
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