The tree saga of 2024 part 4: Straightening Bent Rail
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Today, we use the rail benders i built in April to fix the bent parts of the track that the beech tree fell on.
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That gave me an idea for fixing kinks caused by dropping tools on much smaller rail on model railroads.
When the wind took next door's gazebo (along with the big cement blocks weighing it down) over the fence and on to my track and bent it, I removed the length of rail from the track where affected before straightening. I was surprised not only by the left-right kink in the track, but also the up-down, and I would have never got it back dead straight without taking the rail off the track first. Aluminium (Aluminum depending on where you are) track will always be susceptible to getting damaged by getting a big impact, it's the nature of the beast (luckily it shouldn't be a particularly common occurrence) .
Holy smokes
No flags, no lookouts, no form B’s, no derails set. Some real Blatant rule breaking going on here.
Kidding aside.
Neat tool an design looks like something that can be approved upon at home with a welder and scrap iron.
It does seem to leave a bit of “charm” in a sense of a smaller railroad or a less maintained yard with kinda looks realistic in a way. A rail saver of sort.
Kinda cool.
Stay safe, stay alive.
👍🏻
On these frustrating days try to stay positive. Big hugz and hope the streek of breaking stuff comes to an end.
Thanks.
I don’t have a little rail system like that but Situations like this makes me want to try and build a miniature tamper with an attachment for bent rail repair .
The rail doesn't get bent very often, so it's hard to justify building an expensive tool to bend it back into shape.
Thanks!
Thank you!
supervisor's train has been dispatched to over see the track crew
that takes a bunch of force to fix the bends! you might have to make them a bit taller, and heavier
at the clamping area! please be careful that you do not get hurt by a failure of the “ benders” !
good luck reinforcing and fixing the tool. great job Eric and Aaron! it was great you could run over the
damaged area with out derailing. have a great day.
don't get discouraged! it WILL get better...but...in the future, you may want to consider beginning to introduce steel rail, not only to reduce kinking from having things drop on it, but helping to keep the track in line and also to handle the weights you put on your track shipping things like pellets. I think the problems you have with keeping gauge and line simpy is aluminum rail not being able to do the job Compared to the typical "hobby" outdoor railroad the axle loadings you put on your track are massive...you really ARE running a narrow gauge railroad, not a "live steam" railroad.
If you saw the rail in person, you'd wonder how I do so much with it. It is 1" scale rail.
The reason it moves so much in and out of gauge really is lack of tie plates. Steel rail of the same size would have faired no better against the tree. It's really a moot point, though, because the last time rail of this size was rolled was in the early 1950's by Bethlehem Steel for Buddy L corporation. Now, there is larger steel rail available on the market, but it's out of my price range. That's why I have this light stuff in the first place. Not for preference, but for lack of money to buy anything heavier. One day, I'll have a bigger budget.
I understand completely..was involved in the initial rebuilf of the SC railroad museums current operating rail line, a former industrial RR known as the Rockton-Rion Railway. Out track had over 8 diffrent rail sizes , including rail rolled for Russia in WW1..with cyrillic markings on the rail...and weights including 56 lb, 75 lb 105 Lb Dudley (NYC system rail) the oddball meteric 85LB russian rail and std 85/40 lb rail...most of it not joined with approved joint bars...it got intersting sourcing parts!
@ 1:25 LOLOLOLOL!
Not an easy day, but
it´s improving.
Do you think that steel rail would have less damaged ?
Thanks for the hard friendly work session.
It depends on the size. Steel rail is expensive. I struggle to pay for used aluminum rail.
square or round tubing where one slides inside or outside of each other with a series of holes for extension would give you lots of leverage without having to bend over and would be collapsible for storage.
Very true. Something I'll consider while repairing them.
Nice... Those rail benders are pretty trick! But as a few others have already mentioned, longer handles, sufficiently more reinforced would make the job easier and safer...
Next time, when cutting up a fallen tree, cut up a part of the tree that doesn't span the track, then lay that part of the branch (which is large enough in diameter to protect the rail) inside the gauge. Any branch that you cut that should fall on the track shouldn't damage the rail that way...
I did block around the track, but the tree fell where and when it wanted. Mostly because I messed up when cutting it in the first place.
But... why not dismantle the track before bringing down the tree?
Don't think that fell was planned.
To tear up a track is a ton of work and your not always going to get damage by dropping a tree on it. Also some might argue that its easier to repair the track then to pick up the track and reinstall it.
It is all because of poor communication between Mother Nature and the Mill Brook Railroad. The MN planned for and felled the trees without first advising the MBRR.
So now the MBRR has to pick up the MN's mess.
As for who pays, well, that is up to the courts to decide. ;)
The tree fell on its own time.
Next up, how i flush my toilet.
Let me know when you post that.