Can anyone who works on railway clearance contracts answer this?

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi said:

Have either of you ever carried out leaf fall assessments?

 

 

Not me

[matelot]

Why not count the number of rails as you walk along? I believe a standard rail length is 20m.

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, matelot said:

Why not count the number of rails as you walk along? I believe a standard rail length is 20m.

I don't know how many  lines use lengths with expansion joints and fish plates (the sort that make a rhythmic "Heimanenusch" noise according to my late mother) but most lines I was on had pre-stressed rails to accommodate expansion, due to temperature, and were laid in 200 metre lengths, or more with welding.

[peatff]

On 06/09/2017 at 20:36, matelot said:

Why not count the number of rails as you walk along? I believe a standard rail length is 20m.

My thinking was to count the number of sleepers if they are regularly spaced.