Never mind being narrow. They also look like crap with all the heavy checking. Someone must have sourced very low-grade ties and likely pocketed the extra contract money.
Posted on 11/17/2016 10:13:41 AM PST by detective
The Federal Transit Administration is raising questions about whether Metro rail ties are the proper size to keep tracks safely in place.
A federal inspection report released Wednesday says inspectors have “consistently noted” WMATA crossties on mainline track that are 7 1/2 inches. Metro’s own standards call for rail ties at switches to have at least an 8-inch face.
The inspection report noted that as of Sept. 24, Metro had not responded to federal inspectors’ questions about crossties that are a half inch narrower than internal standards. It is not clear how many of the smaller crossties exist in the system, or whether Metro staff understood how important at least some federal inspectors believed the issue to be.
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Metro is run by liberal politicians and corrupt functionaries who have grossly mismanaged the system over the past decades.
The escalators usually do not work. The Metro employees are at best lazy and indifferent to customers.
Routine maintenance has been neglected for decades leading to the need for extensive shut downs and massive maintenance programs.
Oh, and also the system is losing enormous amounts of money.
Government oafs at “work”. Who got the initial contract for those deficient rails? Some LIB? Some DIM?
I work in public transit. WMATA is an industry laughingstock.
For a moment there, I thought I had stumbled onto an Obamacare thread.
Not to mention the cost to ride it has skyrocketed.
And not to mention the crime on the system is becoming
intolerable and no one will talk about it
because blacks are committing the crimes.
You want to crash public transportation ... ignore the crime on it.
Best transit system I’ve ever seen is in Berlin. Clean cars, no graffiti, clean stations, no graffiti no trash on floors, efficient schedules and friendly workers......................and no graffiti..........
They should bring in managers from a top notch transit agency such as Boston’s MBTA. ;-)
Probably the same logic that makes a 2x4 not be 2x4.
Never mind being narrow. They also look like crap with all the heavy checking. Someone must have sourced very low-grade ties and likely pocketed the extra contract money.
This is a production thing. Mills that cut railroad ties are typically geared to FLY through wood, producing 600-700 ties a day for a talented sawyer. They are not gauged accurately, even by the buyer. That’s because wane and slight warping and drying, along with the slight variations of high-speed production machinery, such as a MillMaster, it all results in a little bit different sized wood. I worked for a tie mill for many years and its not an exact thing. Within 1/4-1/2” of spec for a 6x8 or 7x9 was good to go
Probably the same logic that makes a 2x4 not be 2x4.
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No doubt, You are right.
Never mind being narrow. They also look like crap with all the heavy checking. Someone must have sourced very low-grade ties and likely pocketed the extra contract money.
Hey, it was 8.000 inches wide when they bought it soaking wet from Oregon - kiln drying is over-rated. /S
A 2 X 4 *IS* 2” X 4” when first (rough) cut. Then the wood is planed/finished on all 4 sides, which reduces them in size by 1/4” on all sides.
Trust me, you wouldn’t want to use much unfinished wood in your construction. 3” slivers are NOT fun!
You’re right, I’m familiar wit wood and it’s uses and quality plus the ever increasing costs.
Hey, it was 8.000 inches wide when they bought it soaking wet from Oregon - kiln drying is over-rated. /S
That’s right! Perhaps it’s like “dimensional limber” where a 2x4 is really 1.5”x 3.5” and an 8” wide board is 7.25”.
Trust me, you wouldn’t want to use much unfinished wood in your construction. 3” slivers are NOT fun!
Our 1940 Los Angeles house was built with real 2x4’s that actually measured 2 inches by 4 inches.
The stuff was like iron and I had to drill pilot holes to put nails in...:^) Modern 2x4’s simply looked puny next to the old studs, but they still used the same 16 inch spacing.
Lowes got sued for “2x4s.” $1.6 million.
http://www.toolsofthetrade.net/power-tools/unlawfully-advertised-2x4s-cost-lowes-16m_c
Metro just keeps on having trouble.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Escalators are always broken and there’s no possible way to understand the driver as they mealy mouth something into the substandard speakers to tell you the next stop.
It’s a combination of a drive thru speaker and Charlie Brown’s teacher
“Best transit system I’ve ever seen is in Berlin. Clean cars, no graffiti, clean stations, no graffiti no trash on floors, efficient schedules and friendly workers......................and no graffiti..........”
Was that before or after the muslim invasion?
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