. The street railway review . ( VIEW OK IOWEK .\N1I COAL H.\NnLING .M>I.\1<.\TU: the track while the train was in motion, and distributed over the tiesby a car attached to the end of the train, thus saving two handlingsas compared with the usual method of throwing it off cars, and thenshoveling back into the track. The time and expense saved by thismethod are a very important item. The third rail is of loo-lb. section supported on vitrified clay insu- plate girder steel bridge with stone abutments, the apprnnclies towhich are 4,000 ft. and 3,000 ft. respectively. The cost
. The street railway review . ( VIEW OK IOWEK .\N1I COAL H.\NnLING .M>I.\1<.\TU: the track while the train was in motion, and distributed over the tiesby a car attached to the end of the train, thus saving two handlingsas compared with the usual method of throwing it off cars, and thenshoveling back into the track. The time and expense saved by thismethod are a very important item. The third rail is of loo-lb. section supported on vitrified clay insu- plate girder steel bridge with stone abutments, the apprnnclies towhich are 4,000 ft. and 3,000 ft. respectively. The cost of this cross-ing was divided between the two companies, the Scioto Valley com-pany furnishing the right of way and making the fill and the steamrailroad doing the masonry work and erecting tlie bridge. NearReeses station on the Lancaster division is an under-crossing with. INTERIOR or SUB-STATION—SrKTO TI(A( TIMN (11. lalor* with the center line at a distance of 27 in. from the gage lin<-of the track rail with the top surface 6 in. above the top of the trackrail. None of the croMitig* with steam railroads, except one which isin the city of , arc .it grade. The friendly relations which Ihe Norfolk Si Western, llic 1 Imkiiig Valley is also crossed on thisdivision by an under-crossing at Carroll. On the Circleville di-vision :iii under-crossing with the Norfolk Ik Western is made atKitls. .All bridges ami culverts, except two briilges cpver (he Ohio& Erie Canal, are of stone and iron. 564 RAILWAY Ul-A IF:\\ (Vol. XIV. No. 9. The track rails arc bonded with twn Mayer & Knghiiul G-yVprotected bonds at each joint, and cross IkmkIs of No. 0000 sectionare placed at frequent intervals. The conductor rails are bomleilwith two G-O and two IkjikIs. givinn an aKKreKale cross-sectionof cm. The lionds were fnrni
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