. The Street railway journal . 30-FT. FILL ware or Marion, will complete the chain of lines betweenCleveland and Columbus. The old Ohio Central line between Bucyrus and Galion, 12miles, follows the highway, but the new portion was built by thesyndicate in .accordance with its established practice on private TYPICAL ROAD, TRACK AND OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTIONTHROUGH PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY sylvania tracks on the side which would not necessitate crossingthe steam road. ROADBED CONSTRUCTIONThe new roadbed follows steam practice very closely. Thecountry is comparatively level, but there are numerous ravine
. The Street railway journal . 30-FT. FILL ware or Marion, will complete the chain of lines betweenCleveland and Columbus. The old Ohio Central line between Bucyrus and Galion, 12miles, follows the highway, but the new portion was built by thesyndicate in .accordance with its established practice on private TYPICAL ROAD, TRACK AND OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTIONTHROUGH PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY sylvania tracks on the side which would not necessitate crossingthe steam road. ROADBED CONSTRUCTIONThe new roadbed follows steam practice very closely. Thecountry is comparatively level, but there are numerous ravines,and this has made necessary a number of heavy fills, several ofwhich are over 30 ft. high. One of these, showing the standardtype of stone culvert adopted, is illus-trated herewith. There are severalriveted I-beam and girder bridges, butnone of any great length. There areseveral good-sized cuts, and the maxi-mum grade has been brought down to2 per cent. The same standard alsoobtains on the old portion of the road,where a lar
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