Talk:Vignoles rail

Is this a non sequitur?
Flat bottom rails:

When it became possible to preserve wooden sleepers with mercuric chloride (a process called "Kyanising") and creosote, they gave a much quieter ride.

How did treating the sleepers to give a longer life make the rails give a much quieter ride?

Afterbrunel 19:15, 10 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I have added "than stone blocks" to clarify the matter. Biscuittin 22:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Merger
I support the idea of merging this article with Rail profile. Biscuittin 22:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

If the Stevens rail was invented first and the Vignoles rail was "reinvented" the same or different shouldn't it be identified as the Stevens Rail or kept separate ? MyKat 04:58, 16 September 2007 (UTC)MyKat


 * Perhaps editing is needed, but my impression is that Stevens developed (Rather than invented) the rail in the USA but could not get it manufactured in the lengths he needed. He approached Bruitish manufacturers possiblt though Vignoles (?) who adopted it in the UK. Thus Stevens is thwe American name while Vignoles is the British. Just a theory. Chevin 07:00, 16 September 2007 (UTC)