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A southbound Santa Fe coal train underneath Pikes Peak, on the Colorado Joint Line out of Denver, April 1983. The first set of tracks in the area were laid by the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad in 1871. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway laid their tracks parallel to the D&RG in 1888. In 1900 the Colorado and Southern negotiated a ...
System map of the Newtyle lines 1838. The line was built with fish-bellied rails on stone blocks, with the rare track gauge of 4 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,384 mm); the rails were rather light at 28 lb/ft (41.67 kg/m). 600 shares were issued at £50 each, that is £30,000, with authorised borrowings of £10,000.
On the sharpest curves a wrought iron plate is laid between the rail and the sleeper, with holes punched in it, through which the fang-bolt and spike are driven; the joints of the rails are fastened with wrought iron fish-plates and bolts, and secured to the sleepers with a fang-bolt and clip on each side of the rail.