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Topic: Datenail


In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Datenail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Datenails were tagging devices utilized by railroads to visually identify the age of a railroad tie.
Datenail use has dropped dramatically since the mid-20th century and the advent of more modern maintenance of way equipment.
Datenails are also found on utility poles, sometimes in conjunction with a nail showing the height of the pole in feet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Datenail   (208 words)

  
 RailRoad Insulators and DateNails
Chanute has devised, with a date on the head...certainly a numbered nailhead is not very expensive and not very difficult to apply..."
QUOTED FROM MR.W.C. These are a few of the Datenails I have collected when I worked along the Northern Nevada Southern Pacific Railroad.
Datenails were used from **1900-1947** to identify when the railroad ties or telegraph poles were installed so that Railroad maintenance workers could visually check the age of a section of track or telegraph pole and replace as needed to prevent Track failures or Signal outages.
www.geocities.com /MadisonAvenue/2591   (219 words)

  
 How to build a retaining wall of railroad tie. Step installation can be done with railroad ties, concrete block or ...
A datenail was implemented and railroad tamping tie growth and railroad tamping tie so extensive that a flower bed?
Students are expected to consumer demand, Nissan's compact pickup truck, the railroad tamping tie rails.
A datenail was implemented and railroad tamping tie individual farms were but points of contamination.
railroad-tie.00freehost.com /railroad-tamping-tie.htm   (1369 words)

  
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Bill Bunch and I are members of the Texas Datenail Collectors Association.
There is a book on datenails called "Date Nails omplete" available from the club.
I have a collection of 500+ datenails, acquired primarily from north central Texas, with dates from '20s to '50s.
www.geocities.com /MadisonAvenue/2591/geobook.html   (1422 words)

  
 (GC8497) crazy cache by knoxtrailrider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The cache was wet and log book unbagged, we put it in a new baggie, and tried to dry out as much as we could.
Picked up a "bob the builder" TB from cache (wasn't logged as being there.) Took datenail, left matchbox car.
July 6, 2005 by Nerd Rocker (6 found)
www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC8497&log=y   (4776 words)

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