. The railroad and engineering journal . the other member, /•, which consists of aplate of wrought iron or steel of an inverted ^ shape, the limbsresting on the spring member and the apex below the meetingends of the rails. The members of the truss may be in direct contact or connec-tion with the rails themselves, as shown in fig, 3, which repre-sents a construction in which each flange ol each rail is perfo-rated for the passage of one of the ends of one of the rods con-stituting the spring member, each end of each rod being threadedto receive a nut/, which bears upon a wedge-like washer /, o
. The railroad and engineering journal . the other member, /•, which consists of aplate of wrought iron or steel of an inverted ^ shape, the limbsresting on the spring member and the apex below the meetingends of the rails. The members of the truss may be in direct contact or connec-tion with the rails themselves, as shown in fig, 3, which repre-sents a construction in which each flange ol each rail is perfo-rated for the passage of one of the ends of one of the rods con-stituting the spring member, each end of each rod being threadedto receive a nut/, which bears upon a wedge-like washer /, ofsuch a shape as to afford a level bearing for the nut, and theapex of the rigid member 7^ is in direct contact with the undersides of the rails. Instead of this construction shown in fig. 3,the other two members of the truss may be indirectly connectedwith the rails through the medium of a base-plate D, suitablybolted or otherwise secured to the rails, and perforated or other-wise formed for the attachment of the spring member of the. :^.£.
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