Joint between two different sizes of rail

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Pat Scott	General	This joiner bar is meant to be this way. It connects two different size rails. The bend in it is meant to be there.	4/9/2007 7:35:41 PM

aleister michaels	General	Correct Patrick. These are known as transistion bars or comp bars to compensate for the different size/pound rail. It probably goes from 132lb to 133lb or 133lb to 136lb rail, albeit if you look on the rail it's embossed on it. Shy of replacing the rail and making it all the same size, there is not much they can do at this joint. Just another aspect of railroading.	4/10/2007 12:04:27 PM

Mick Walker	General	Correct Mr. Michaels. To be technical the rail to the left is 133# (per yard) rail which is 7 1/16" tall. The rail to right is 136# which is 7 5/16" tall. The compromise bar corrects this difference. Swaying trains is from unstable roadbed which is pumping mud.	4/12/2007 11:38:59 PM

Joint between two different sizes of rail
Noticeable joint in the rails in front of the Kirkwood Amtrak station. This was where two different sizes of rail were joined together. During the fall of 2006, the Union Pacific Railroad undertook an extensive track rehabilitation program and replaced the rails with 141lb rail throughout this stretch of track.
Date: 4/8/2007	Location: Kirkwood, MO Map	Views: 361	Collection Of: William Acord
			Author: William Acord

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