Breaking a Railroad Track with a Sledge Hammer
Andyt (Aug 9, 2022), big dog (Yesterday), carloski (Aug 8, 2022), durrelltn (Aug 9, 2022), emu roo (Dec 17, 2025), Hoosiersmoker (Aug 15, 2022), Inner (Aug 9, 2022), mwmkravchenko (Aug 9, 2022), nova_robotics (Aug 8, 2022), Sleykin (Aug 8, 2022), sossol (Aug 8, 2022), terence b (Dec 21, 2025), Tonyg (Aug 9, 2022)
Wonder how old the rail is? It looks cast from the fracture. I thought rails were cold rolled?
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emu roo (Dec 17, 2025)
Originally Posted by Hoosiersmoker
This is a 1950 rail - I've attached a photo with full markings. As far as I know, rails were made of cast iron only until the second half of the 19th century. Then they were made from Hot Rolled Steel
emu roo (Dec 17, 2025)
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