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[TrackWalker]

And on concrete ties, as well. Where is this thing? Is it possibly in the Caltrain line (San Francisco to San Jose)? Thye have spring frogs up to No. 20. First time I had ever seen one bigger than a No. 10!

The #20 spring frogs we have are now the 3rd generation design.

Beefier design (2 sets of springs) and whereas the turnout rail in the picture slides on the plates. (needs switch oil lubricant) The newer one has a plastic(?) slide plate built into it.(no lubricant needed.)

 

[PetalumaLoco]

Track frog;

A second generation left hand spring frog at that, too.

First Generation still had a 3/4" gap at the point of frog.

And on concrete ties, as well. Where is this thing? Is it possibly in the Caltrain line (San Francisco to San Jose)? Thye have spring frogs up to No. 20. First time I had ever seen one bigger than a No. 10!

Here's the web page where I got the pic.

 

[sportbiker]

From http://chestofbooks.com/animals/horses/Dis...I-The-Hoof.html

As much as I ever thought about a horse's hoof (which is not much), I thought the bottom was flat. Guess I just outed myself as a city boy.

 

[gswager]

From http://chestofbooks.com/animals/horses/Dis...I-The-Hoof.html

As much as I ever thought about a horse's hoof (which is not much), I thought the bottom was flat. Guess I just outed myself as a city boy.

Do you know that horse has mono-hoof (one hoof) while the cows has bi-hoof (two hooves on each leg)? I do clean the soil off the horse hoof and I had no clue what those frog used for until a poster described it.

 

[Everydaymatters]

Do you know that horse has mono-hoof (one hoof) while the cows has bi-hoof (two hooves on each leg)? I do clean the soil off the horse hoof and I had no clue what those frog used for until a poster described it.

I don't clean horse hoofs, but I've been working as an accountant for a couple of training stables for about 20 years and never even gave the hoofs a second thought - except to see how much a farrier charges.

Who would have thought a frog would bring so many responses about a horse.

 

[sportbiker]

Who would have thought a frog would bring so many responses about a horse.

Frog and pig I can understand, but frog and horse? Is Kermit two-timing Miss Piggy?

 

[Cascadia]

I don't clean horse hoofs, but I've been working as an accountant for a couple of training stables for about 20 years and never even gave the hoofs a second thought - except to see how much a farrier charges.
Who would have thought a frog would bring so many responses about a horse.

Me, if I see a horse walk by, I look at their feet first, check out the rest of them, then look at their feet again. Condition of the hoof is the best way to judge what kind of care the horse is getting, at a glance anyway.

You know the old saying - no foot, no horse.

And in this thread, when the word "frog" came up first, I right away thought of a horse's frog, and was surprised when there was a relationship after all.