Re: Extra rail in the four foot


Andrew Skinner wrote:
> A friend has just shown me a photo of the track crossing the Tees viaduct at
> Yarm. Within the four foot eight and a half space there are two more rails,
> about two feet apart, fixed as if running rails (clearly not!) over the
> viaduct. They end roughly at the ends of the viaduct. What are they for?
>
> One sees this from time to time. They are not check rails, they are far too
> far away from the running rail for that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Andrew

I think they are called guard rails? there to stop the train falling
off the bridge in a derailment.

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