Transportation
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As transportation technology advanced, locomotives became more powerful, carried bigger and heavier cargo, and required heavier rails. Older, lighter rails were replaced with increasingly heavier ones. Rail sections are stamped with the company and year of manufacture, and hash marks denote the month. A three foot section of rail that weighs 136 pounds is called a 136 pound rail. Today, railroads use 100 to 152 pound rail. These three foot sections are examples of rail from the various railroads that served Valley City and the greater Barnes County area.
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Valley City, North Dakota · United States
