Railroad track anvil

[David Schwartz]

These same sized rails were also installed on electric overhead crane runways in the steel industry circa 1980's. When the expected loads exceeded the 139 lb rail system capacity the runway rails were paralled with a seconded 139lb rail on each side for a total of 4 rails. Some of these overhead cranes had a total of 32 wheels. These heavy loads were mainly on the melt shop ladle cranes and some slab yard cranes. I wish I had had the forsite then to aquire a 18" section of 139lb rail back in the day when it was easy to come by for me.