Of interest to railroaders and railfans:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070716/clm116.html?.v=29
.... This is the first commercial use of the new rail-welding facility located on the site of SDI's Structural and Rail mill. The shipments consisted of 81 rail strings, each 1,360 feet in length -- about one quarter of a mile long. Each rail string resulted from welding together seventeen 80-foot rails. The rail strings were then transported by two rail trains of specially outfitted flat- bed railcars and delivered to an industrial site in southern Indiana.
There's more ... read the whole story for more about the rail facilities needed to create single pieces of metal a quarter mile long.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070716/clm116.html?.v=29
.... This is the first commercial use of the new rail-welding facility located on the site of SDI's Structural and Rail mill. The shipments consisted of 81 rail strings, each 1,360 feet in length -- about one quarter of a mile long. Each rail string resulted from welding together seventeen 80-foot rails. The rail strings were then transported by two rail trains of specially outfitted flat- bed railcars and delivered to an industrial site in southern Indiana.
There's more ... read the whole story for more about the rail facilities needed to create single pieces of metal a quarter mile long.
