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Work Train Going Out By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:56:33 AM By: Armando  Armando - T7HuJdxIGGe we have used railrail scrap HMSrail scrap CST 9industrial Scrapminimum 100mt to 90000mtwe are doing teendr of indian rail scrap we have stock 90000 mt in stockStock in biharand East central railway opened teendr of close plant we have 10 plant in hand for teendr of scrap ,if any buyer want purchase scarp you can get scrap at teendr rate 2 rupess/kg our commission any interested buyer can contact to me for any information also you have visit yard or close plant /and will pay money to indian rail govt by draft. Details of close plant teendrAll machineries,plants ,railway track, sheds/buildings/structure, other assets/stores/items etc. excluding land , locomotive and tress of entire premises of sick & closed plant manufacturing paper & board having cacity of 60000 TAP like this we have 10 plantsatya prakash98711040059334516769
Brakeman's View By: Brandon  Hu	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:55:36 AM By: Fhris  Fhris - Hk7a2nqTMg Gee, golly and gosh-a-roo, Nate. Just look what you‘ve done!Many variables abonud around the railroad, which is one of the things that make them so unique, and much has changed since I left it all behind nine years ago. But, as near as I can tell, physics, including gravity and the other forces of nature have remained the same everywhere on the planet (except Omaha) from that time until this. Here is what was at play at that time and how I was taught by some people who definitely knew their business.There are many types of draft gear and they vary in tensile strength from type to type. High capacity draft gear is usually found on the cars of unit trains, grain and coal in particular. As long as I worked “standard” E-Type (which should be the benchmark, yes?) draft gear was understood to be rated at 240,000 lbs. This figure includes a 10,000 lbs margin for error above the 230,000 lbs. referenced above. If you have mixed freight, you better figure less than 240,000 lbs. if you want any kind of assurance to keep the train in one piece. (Handy Dandy Note #17: “F” type knuckles are rated nearly the same but will fit into a loco draw bar in a pinch).But, even though that figure can vary between standard and higher capacity draft gear, the point is moot and the information is useless unless someone knows what to do with it. So the question becomes, “How do we know how much force will be exerted on the draft gear by the tonnage for the train we have and over the territory it will move?” Someone a lot smarter than you and me with a very sharp pencil came up with the “Rolling Train Resistance Formula” and the “Starting Train Resistance Formula.” The two are almost the same and quite simple to understand.The rolling train resistance formula is: 20lbs for each ton in the train, multiplied by grade, plus 5 equals the draw bar force, or [(20 x T) x %G] + 5 = F. Starting force is the same except substitute “30” in the place of 20 lbs.Ok. I have 6,000 tons I need to get up a 2.5% grade. 20 x 6000 = 120,000 x 2.5 = 300,000 + 5 = 300,005 lbs. Oops. We’re over the limit by 60,005 lbs (300,005 240,000 = 60,005). Now what?You must reduce draft gear force. You do that by reducing tonnage (rarely ever happens) or add helper power, either manned or DPU, pushing some of that excess trailing tonnage, which reduces the draft forces on the head end. When speaking of a multiple unit helper with three units and up, and entrained (two units can usually go behind the last car but certain restrictions may prohibit this placement), they must be placed such that, of the tonnage they handle, 1/3 must be ahead of the helper with 2/3s trailing. If you do otherwise the helper can shove the cars ahead of it right off the track. This helper placement creates the “node” which Andy properly mentioned. The node is that point in the train where there is neutral slack. That is, between the car which is last pulled by the road engine and the first car of the helper cut, where the slack is“floating,” if you will. The node will vary according to changes in speed or grade as well as slack adjustments and the finesse Andy refers to is definitely the order of the day, every day.Now this is not a definitive answer since no one knows everything (don‘t ever bet your life on info from unofficial sources, such as Wikipedia and Yahoo!Answers), but it is the principle under which every engineer I’ve ever known or had the pleasure and good fortune to learn from has operated for at least the last 70 years or so, whom also happen to have been experts in grade territory railroading and the power requirements necessitated by the immutable laws of the physical universe to overcome those grades and, quite frankly, the ones that learned only two generations removed from first hand from those who wrote the book on grade operations and the demands such operation imparts to the draft gear. And the same people taught Andy as well, which is why most times our answers to questions are usually in agreement. I can say with pride that SP engineers were the best trained and other railroads availed themselves of the Simulator center that was then in Cerritos, Ca., when available for training their engineers as a part of the promotion process.This isn't taking into account track / train dynamics ( L/V ratio), either. Then it starts to get a bit more complicated, but the formula to determine horsepower needs is applied in conjunction with the rolling resistance formula when trying to determine power requirements for trains.Using our same example, how much horsepower is needed to get that same tonnage up the same grade at, say, 16 mph? Here the formula is horsepower per ton (arrived at by dividing tonnage by horsepower), multiplied by 12, divided by the grade will equal speed, or HPT x 12 / %G = S. So, we need at least 21,000 horsepower. Why? 21,000 divided by 6000 is 3.5 HPT. 3.5 x 12 = 42 / 2.5 = 16.8 mph.Now we know our power requirements and how it must be distributed so as to not produce more force than the draft gear can handle. We also know that capacity varies between types of couplers, which goes back to the heart of your question. I'll stand on 240,000 lbs. as standard. If I'm not mistaken, those 32.000 ton trains are dedicated iron ore hauling on track that is flat as a pancake and straight as an arrow for 1,000 miles across the barren Australian outback. Not my idea of standard. Some one was pulling your leg about five mile long trains and the Big Boys. But you can get back at em. Ask that person which was the most powerful locomotive built in America and he'll happily (and incorrectly) tell you it was the Alco Big Boy. Not true. They were a little over four feet longer in the engine with tender wheelbase, and 30 tons heavier, overall, but it is the Baldwin built 2-8-8-4s of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range, that hold the title for most powerful, and but for the two differences I cite above, they outclassed the Big Boys in all other categories, cylinder size, boiler size, grate area, etc.. Get him to bet on it if you possibly can, the more the wager the better.And I'll certainly be the first to admit I could be wrong about any or all of the above, as my three remaining brain cells only hook up every so often these days.Buuuuuut Wanna make a bet?
A Goose By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:51:39 AM By: Cristian  Cristian - MeNonr8Xn Sir/MadamDear Sir, Our company is the dierct selling mandates to Lagos-Railway Corporation and have in stock up to 1.2 Million Metric Tons of Used Rails (R50-R65) for clearance sale, at a very reasonable prices. The available rails are located in five different Rail Yards in the country.This clearance sale is necessitated by the impending privatization of the Corporation and the need to decongest our rail yards in preparation for the privatization. Prices are negotiable on FOB, CNF and CIF basis. Site inspection, physical verification and confirmation of product quality and quantity are allowed before signing of contract. Specification of Used Rails:Commodity: Used Rail R-50 (51.67 kg/m-GOST-7173-75), R65 (64.72 kg/m -GOST-8165-75)Quality of goods:C: 0.54-0.82,Si: 0.18-0.40Mn: 0.60-1.05S: 0.04 Max,P: 0.035 MaxAs: 0.01% Max of Mass shareGrading: as per Russian StandardOffers are invited from serious end buyers or Agents that has access to serious potential end users/buyers.Best regards,Obielestraco Intersales Agency Ltd.
Wow By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:50:31 AM By: Sinem  Sinem - 7u5fWqKGi Oh good, do you have any more of the 4449, I was on the excursion all day in the Daylight bagagge car! Thanks again for posting these and I look forward to seeing the rest of these!?
Brandon's first time with live steam... By: Richard  Finlayson	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:47:04 AM By: Krishana  Krishana - ljhT1lRRxUnp Very hard core!!!I traveled from Carson City, Nevada to Michigan to get shots of the SP Daylight. I shot? video of the SP Daylight at 11 dirfnfeet locations across the state of Michigan in July of 2009. Vids are on my youtube account.
More fun with solidworks. By: Steve  Claude	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:40:27 AM By: Cinthia  Cinthia - KkX5RiCie Hello Sir/Ma, a0 Permit me to bring to your notice my coneidersd opinion to go into an investment co-operation with your establishment. I am in the market as a Real Estate Consultant and the custodian of the decedent estate of Scott G Smith to whom a minor child remains in my custody. a0 I have the intention to assist Alondra Smith ( referred to as the minor child ) seek for a lucrative investment opportunity with either an individual or a corporation so that the estate proceed due to her is carefully invested to profitability. We have the declaration papers covering the source and deposition of the funds with HSBC bank and could be provided for confirmation purposes if required. a0If you are a good decision maker and a business conscious entrepreneur, l will be willing to discuss further on this matter so that a viable working agreement is drawn under a legitimate arrangement for a mutual benefit. a0 Accordingly, I will encourage you to be prepared to ensure that any portfolio you manage can exercise a reduced tax option. a0 Thanking you in advance for your prompt consideration. for more information please get back to Sincerely, Joni Mueller
Very Clean! By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:39:58 AM By: Lexi  Lexi - I0TKRx1J5K5W I was on this train too, it was the most awesome excerienpe a railfan could ever ask for and? the people both crew and passengers were awesome!Please do this again next year guys as you can see all of us really loved it!Thanks for posting this too
Some Of The Gang By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:38:15 AM By: Venkatesh  Venkatesh - GJRC2Oi3GSxO Dear Sir/Madam,Compass Headwear Sdn Bhd Malaysia.,was founded in 2003 as a scrap tdraing company providing services to customer as buyer simply called agents,in 2005 we arranged a small start capital,which we started by obtaining own lots and sell them directly, passing the agent chain. To 2008 we already had 3 warehouses and 2 offices in West Malaysia and hoped to get more.We work directly with ferrous and non-ferrous scrap recyclers and scrap yards in Malaysia,Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam. Our main products are HMS, stainless steel scrap,Pet Bottle Flakes,LDPE Films, shredded scrap, compressed cans, Alumimum scrap and copper scrap. We also sell copper cathodes,For details and current offers feel free to contact us, below is our contact information:Contact Person: Mohd.Esa Bin BujangContact No: +60102762893Company Name: Compass Headwear Sdn Bhd MalaysiaCompany Email:scrapdealersasia@surfy.net
Track crew By: Brandon  Hu	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:37:40 AM By: Kristi  Kristi - RgpAnAyM Dear sir /madam, Our company is a rbllaeie marketing company and we have used rails products(rolls/andirons) for sale. We are therefore, looking for serious buyers who can enter into contract with us and they will be ready to buy from 20,000 to 100,000 mt . Our payment terms are Letter of Credit 100% at sight payment at buyer’s destination port of discharge, and the unit price of the rail is ur350..00 CIF per metric tons. (cif europe)Procedure:Buyer will send LOI/ICPO.Seller will send FCO, after reviwed and accepted by buyer.Seller send draft contract.Buyer review and return draft contract.On acceptance to go ahead with us, Buyer issues his international passport or that of his officials (representative) to visit the yard for physical inspection.Seller will issue invitation letter to buyer.During visit, buyer sign master contract, review SGS certificate etc.If our offer interest you, Kindly email and let us know so we can proceed on the contract as soon as possible.
Tom & Branden By: Harold  Hueler	Comment Entered: 12/2/2015 3:31:45 AM By: Alex  Alex - tgHIKxnRQIIO 29.7.2009Tel 0092 42 5304498, 0092 42 5311629Mob 0092 300 9419477International Business Corp.16-C, Judge Colony,Main Raiwind Road, Lahore-PakistanDear sir, Managing Director.sales for pakistan iiurstdnesWe present our services,in Lahore Gunranwala Faisalabad- Punjab pakistanwe have establishment since 1986Worsted mills / Textile spinning mills/ iron re-melt furnaces1. Iron scrap shredded series ISRI-.211 70lbs,for re-melt in furnacescontainers 25tonUS$220ton cfc2% karachi port 100% confirmed L/c at sight.Foreign bank L/c confirmation charges supplier account.originmaterial photo emailaccept order 2000tons.2. Copper ropes in scrap 99% material photo e-mail.500tons ~ 1000tons3. Steel Dept :Hot rolled steel coils ( for steel pipe manufacturers )prime / overrolled / secondary quality,500tons ~ 3000tons.thickness 2mm,2.5mm,3mm, and lightercoils width 1220mm 1500mmcoil weight 10tonukraine steel mill elchi, sold US$410ton cfc karachi sight L/cstocks less price US$70ton awaiting booking quantity.Your early reply will be appreciated..Best regards,Javed Rashid