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The Truman Area Community Network
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According to Marshall, the estimate was made in 1875 by Ray Morley, for a line "from the mouth of Antelope Creek at Sagauche River, up canyons, over North Cochetopa Pass and down Cochetop Creek to Wales Ranch.
Distance: Miles - 26
Sidings: Six of 1/4 mile - 1.5 miles: Total 27.5 miles
205,129 cubic yards of earthwork @ 20-68/100 cents $ 42,425.95
105,257 cubic yards of rock @ 99-20/100 cents 104,416.90
30,292 cubic yards of loose rock @ 64-10/100 cents 19,422.90
2,704 cubic yards second class masonry 2 $4 10,816.00
150' wooden trestle, 15' high or under @ $8 1,200.00
45' wooden trestle, 20' high or under @ $10 450.00
Grubbing and clearning 1,100.00
Wooden boxes for culverts 1,075.00
Moving loose rock and retaining wall 5,000.00
Total @ $7,150.26 per mile for 26 miles $185,906.75
27.5 miles of ties at 2640 per mile - 72,600 @ 20 cents 14,250.00
27.5 miles of #56 iron, spikes, splices, etc, at $45.50 125,125.00
12 complete switches at $160 1,920.00
4 watertanks with windmills at $1,900 7,600.00
26 miles tracklaying @ $450 11,700.00
Engineering and contingencies 10% 34,671.17
Total cost $381,178.92
Total average per mile: $14,671.11
Maximum grades 170' per mile tangent
Maximum curves 15 degrees per 100 feet
Curvature might be reduced to 12 degrees for, say $30,000 additional.
W. R. Morley
Morley's survey is for a very lightly built line, involving only about 13,000 cubic yards of earth and rock moving per mile of line; Raymond's 1908 estimate for an average U.S. railroad in moderately rolling country called for 22,000 cubic yards a mile.
Right of way $ 1,800.00
Terminal Stations, land, etc. 4,000.00
Grading: 20,000 yds earth at 30 cents 6,000.00
2,000 yds rock at $1.25 2,500.00
Bridges and Culverts 2,000.00
Track: Ties at 50 cents delivered $ 1,350.00
Rails, 126 tons @ $30 delivered 3,780.00
Joint bars. 20,500 pounds at
1.8 cents per pound delivered 369.00
Bolts and locks, 2,560 pounds at
2.7 cents per pound delivered 70.00
Spikes, 6,000 pounds at 2.3 cents
per pound delivered 138.00
Track laying 300.00
Total track $ 6,007.00 6,000.00
Sidings and yards, distributed portion 1,000.00
Ballast, gravel, 2,000 cubic yards at 25 cents 500.00
Fencing 300.00
Telegraph 150.00
Water supply 400.00
Stations, ordinary, and section houses 500.00
Roundhouses and terminal buildings, shops, etc. 750.00
Equipment 3,000.00
Engineering 1,000.00
Legal and general 300.00
Interest 3,020.00
Total cost $33,220.00
To this must be added for interlocking and block signals if these
essentials of safe railroading are used, so that the average American
railroad should cost about $35,000 a mile fully equipped.
About $20,000 of this estimate is for the permament way, exclusive
of buildings, terminals, etc., but including side track and yards.
This portion of the estimate may very readily be much increased by
excessive bridging, deep cuts, much rock work, many crossings avoided
by underhead or overhead structures, etc.
... expensive terminals in large cities would greatly increase the
item of their distributed cost.
This estimate is for essentially the same line as the one in 1908, but the total cost comes out more than double. The figures and costs for grading are identical in both estimates, but changing prices plus the addition of tie plates doubled the cost of the track. The allowance for stations and engine facilities is much increased, while the allotment for equipment has been raised from $3,000 a mile to no less than $17,000, 21% of the total cost.
Right of way $ 3,600.00
Terminal Stations, land, etc. 7,000.00
Grading: 20,000 yds earth at 30 cents 6,000.00
2,000 yds rock at $1.25 2,500.00
Bridges and Culverts 6,000.00
Track: 3000 ties at $1.25 delivered $ 3,750.00
Rails, 126 tons @ $40 delivered 5,040.00
Joint bars. 20,500 pounds at
3 cents per pound delivered 615.00
Tie plates, 66,000 lbs at
2.5 cents delivered 1,650.00
Bolts and locks, 2,560 pounds at
4 cents per pound delivered 100.00
Spikes, 7,300 pounds at 2.75 cents
per pound delivered 200.00
Track laying 1,730.00
Total track 13,085.00
Sidings and yards, distributed portion 4,450.00
Ballast, gravel, 2,000 cubic yards at 25 cents(??) 2,850.00
Fencing 750.00
Telegraph 800.00
Water supply 650.00
Stations, ordinary, and section houses 4,250.00
Roundhouses and terminal buildings, shops, etc. 2,300.00
Equipment 17,000.00
Engineering 1,745.00
Legal and general 680.00
Interest 4,415.00
Total cost $78,075.00
Rail, #100 Relay 176 tons @ $275 / ton $ 48,400.00 Joints, S.H. 270 @ $9.50 each 2,565.00 Tie Plates, S.H., D.H. 6,000 @ $2.10 each 12,600.00 Anchors, new 4,320 @ $1.05 each 4,536.00 Bolts, new 1 x 5 1/2 11 kegs @ $131.00 a keg 1,441.00 Washers, new 1,166 @ $0.30 each 349.80 Spikes, new 5/8 x 6 50 kegs @ $61.00 3,050.00 Ties, new 3000 @ $26.00 each 78,000.00 Ballast 600 tons @ $10.00 a ton 6,000.00 Unloading rail $2,000 per mile 2,000.00 Unloading ties $1.25 each 3,750.00 Rail cleanup $2,000 per mile 2,000.00 Install crossties $11.00 each 33,000.00 Install rail $7.32 per track foot 38,649.60 Install anchors $0.35 each 1,512.00 Surface and line $0.47 per track foot 2,481.60 Tighten joins $2,000 per mile 2,000.00 Total per mile cost $248,085.00 Extras: Turnouts $3,600.00 each Switch ties $3,200.00 per turnout Install turnouts $6,500.00 each Install switch ties $1,580.00 per turnout Bridge ties, 7 x 9 x 9 $34.00 each Installing bridge ties $28.00 each Road Crossing materials $420.00 per track foot Working Crossings $87.00 per track footThe estimate for rehabilitating the Gateway Western's Fulton branch has some slightly different figures, as follows:
Cross ties $21.75 each Switch ties $50.00 each Tieplates $1.50 each Spikes $55 a keg Grade crossings $25.00 per track foot Rail #100 relay $6 per lineal foot or $31,680 per mile Ballast $5 per ton Angle bars $9.00 per pair Bolt assemblies $1.00 each Installing ties $11.50 each Installing switch ties $85.00 each Gage track $1.80 per track foot or $9,504 per mile Unload ballast $1.00 per ton Surfacing $0.75 per track foot or $3,960 per mile Tighten bolts $1,000 per track mile Flagging $350.00 per day, 2 days per mile.
Depth of
fill/cut Road bed width
14 16 18 20 24 26 28 32
1 3,100 3,500 3,900 4,300 5,100 5,400 5,800 6,200
2 6,700 7,500 8,300 9,100 10,600 11,400 12,200 13,000
3 10,900 12,100 13,300 14,500 16,800 18,000 19,200 20,400
4 15,700 17,300 18,900 21,000 23,600 25,200 26,700 28,300
6 27,100 29,500 31,800 34,200 38,900 41,300 43,600 46,000
8 40,800 44,000 47,100 50,300 56,600 59,700 62,800 66,000
10 56,900 60,900 64,800 68,700 76,600 80,500 84,400 88,300
12 75,400 80,100 84,800 89,500 99,000 103,700 108,400 113,100
15 107,500 113,400 119,300 125,100 125,100 136,900 148,800 154,600
For excavation add 3,000 cubic yards for ditching. Side slopes at 1 on 1.5,
Weight of rail Short tons
in lbs./yd. per mile
20 33.4
25 44.5
30 53.4
35 62.3
40 66.8
45 80.1
50 89.0
56 99.7
60 106.8
65 115.7
70 124.6
75 133.5
80 142.4
85 151.3
90 160.2
100 178.0
110 195.8
112 199.4
116 206.5
120 213.6
130 231.4
133 236.7
140 249.2
150 267.0
1855 Illinois Central English iron $38.50 - $43.50 f.o.b. Wales 1855 New Orleans Jackson & Gt. Northern iron up to $85 a ton 1866 Steel rails $170 a ton 1866 Iron rails $79 a ton 1872 Iron rails $85 a ton 1875 Iron rails (Morley estimate) $45.50 a ton 1875 Steel rails (U. S. Census estimate) $68 a ton 1876 Iron rails $41 a ton 1878 Steel rails $42 a ton 1880 Steel rails (U. S. Census) $67 a ton 1886 Steel rails $34 a ton 1890 Steel rails $30 a ton 1896 Steel rails $28 a ton 1897 Steel rails $14 - $18 a ton 1898 Steel rails $17 - $20 a ton 1899 Steel rails $35 a ton 1900 Steel rails $28 - 30 a ton 1902-13 Steel rails (U. S. Census) $28 a ton 1908 Steel rails (Raymond estimate) $30 a ton 1918 Steel rails (U. S. Census) $56 a ton 1923-31 Steel rails (U. S. Census) $43 a ton 1940 Steel rails (average cost) $38.40 a ton 1945 Steel rails (average cost) $41.12 a ton 1950 Steel rails (average cost) $71.57 a ton 1955 Steel rails (average cost) $96.62 a ton 1960 Steel rails (average cost) $125.27 a ton 1965 Steel rails (average cost) $127.23 a ton 1970 Steel rails (average cost) $146.31 a ton 1995 Relay rail (Missouri Rail Plan 1995 Update)$276.00 a ton
1875 Morley estimate $0.20 untreated
1882 Along Mississippi & Ohio rivers
and in Western NY under $0.25 untreated
East Coast, near Chicago, most
of the west $0.50 untreated
Burnettizing ties cost ca 24 cents a tie
1908 Raymond estimate $0.50 untreated, $0.80 treated
1930s Raymond estimate $1.25 treated
1940 ICC statistics $1.29
1945 ICC statistics $2.02
1950 ICC statistics $2.79
1955 ICC statistics $3.30
1960 ICC statistics $3.60
1965 ICC statistics $3.87
1970 ICC statistics $5.24
1995 Missouri Rail Plan Update $21.75 - $25.00