. The Street railway journal . COMPLICATED TRACK AND SPECIAL WORK CONSTRUCTION IN NARROWSTREETS IN BOSTON bonding on exposed T-rail on suburban lines is No. 0 tinnedcopper wire, fastened with channel pins. BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANYThe rail used in Boston paved streets is somewhat in thenature of a compromise between a girder and a grooved has a groove, but the lip of the groove, as seen by the ac-companying section, is J/> in. lower than the head of therail. The groove is of a form which will not retain dirt, butoffers considerable inducement to vehicle wheels to follow therai
. The Street railway journal . COMPLICATED TRACK AND SPECIAL WORK CONSTRUCTION IN NARROWSTREETS IN BOSTON bonding on exposed T-rail on suburban lines is No. 0 tinnedcopper wire, fastened with channel pins. BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY COMPANYThe rail used in Boston paved streets is somewhat in thenature of a compromise between a girder and a grooved has a groove, but the lip of the groove, as seen by the ac-companying section, is J/> in. lower than the head of therail. The groove is of a form which will not retain dirt, butoffers considerable inducement to vehicle wheels to follow therail. Several sections of track construction used in Boston areillustrated. For track construction in paved streets, if the 330 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 9. pavement of the entire street is laid on a concrete base, the ties,which are 6 ins. x 8 ins. x 63^2 ft., are bedded for their entirelength in concrete, and the concrete is carried down to the. Slrtnl Ryjounml STANDARD GROOVED RAIL STANDARD GIRDER RAIL ININ BALTIMORE BALTIMORE
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