. Electric railway journal . all of the joints in the crossing. The creosoted wood-block filler in the inside of the girder is laid trans-versely with the rail, thereby furnishing additionalsupport to the top plate of the girder and it transmitsthe wheel loads to the bottom plate, thence to the bal-last. The box girders are made up of 5-16-in. plates. ft—i—m , ^ arigls__ can aJtlX^Xiw 1 I i ; ufi --fr=°\ WOOD-BLOCK FILLED CROSSING, WELLINGTON, OHIO Section A-A i-^—J^^ SECTION OF WOOD-BLOCK FILLED CROSSING on the top and bottom with 6-in. channels forming thevertical members.
. Electric railway journal . all of the joints in the crossing. The creosoted wood-block filler in the inside of the girder is laid trans-versely with the rail, thereby furnishing additionalsupport to the top plate of the girder and it transmitsthe wheel loads to the bottom plate, thence to the bal-last. The box girders are made up of 5-16-in. plates. ft—i—m , ^ arigls__ can aJtlX^Xiw 1 I i ; ufi --fr=°\ WOOD-BLOCK FILLED CROSSING, WELLINGTON, OHIO Section A-A i-^—J^^ SECTION OF WOOD-BLOCK FILLED CROSSING on the top and bottom with 6-in. channels forming thevertical members. This provides a structure which willcarry the heaviest steam railroad track loads over aspan of 6 ft. In a number of instances these struc-tures have been installed under practically wornoutcrossings, and the additional support thereby providednot only prolonged the life of the crossing but greatlyimproved its riding qualities. The structure shown under the two crossings in theaccompanying halftone was installed at the intersec- Cost of unloading and trucking new substructure from car to point of installation %m on Trucking out and removing old substructure 20 00 Trucking old substructure , \^qq Placing new substructure 12 50 Back filling and surfacing soo Total cost of unloading and placing new substructure and removing old $ tion
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