Western Railroad Discussion > Good news for the Chief

From today's Railway Age online.

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https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,5367675

mile250 Wrote:  > ... From today's Railway Age online ...

That is indeed good news! Because of all the non-stop Am-bashing on the Passenger forum I usually don't spend much time there. I just scan quickly thru the thread titles, so it's easy to miss something. And I know there are other TO members who don't go there at all. My ​thanks for posting your RA snippet here...

Lance/199 

We've come a long way from Anderson's deplorable bus bridge proposal. 

Art House

jst3751 Wrote:
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> https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,
> 5367675

Someone here asked my question.  What is embedded CWR??  Certainly can't see 4.8 miles of crossings.

Robert

I'm just a simple aviator, and by means a railroader, but could it mean continuous welded rail?

Johnl26 Wrote:
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> I'm just a simple aviator, and by means a
> railroader, but could it mean continuous welded
> rail?

I think we've got the CWR part, but I'm still wondering what "embedded" implies.

Bill G.
Tulsa, OK

TTownTrains Wrote:
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> Johnl26 Wrote:
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> > I'm just a simple aviator, and by means a
> > railroader, but could it mean continuous welded
> > rail?
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> I think we've got the CWR part, but I'm still
> wondering what "embedded" implies.
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> Bill G.
> Tulsa, OK

Is embedded CWR when current rail has the ends cut off and is then welded in place? That was done on some portions of the DM&E in SE Minnesota?
SR2

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I've never heard the phrase "embeded CWR" either. If you ask me, I'd say we have another reporter covering a certain subject, while knowing next to nothing about the routine technical aspects of it. Could this reporter be using the word embeded to make his/her writing seem more dramatic? Just a thought...

Lance/199



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/23/21 11:20 by santafe199.

I also wondered about "embedded," which implies street running or a treatment like the Phoenix light rail system. I thought the article might have meant "direct fixation," sometimes called slab track (no ballast or ties, as often used for complex trackwork on high speed systems or in tunnels). I haven't been over that line for many years, and am trying to picture where there would be enough grade crossings or other situations to justify almost 5 miles of embedded track.

mile250 Wrote:
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> I also wondered about "embedded," which implies
> street running or a treatment like the Phoenix
> light rail system. I thought the article might
> have meant "direct fixation," sometimes called
> slab track (no ballast or ties, as often used for
> complex trackwork on high speed systems or in
> tunnels). I haven't been over that line for many
> years, and am trying to picture where there would
> be enough grade crossings or other situations to
> justify almost 5 miles of embedded track.

Maybe it is experimental pork which some Congress critter got into the bill.