. Railway track and track work . 40* H AJxJx/^ 7x9x9<?77es, ? C. ~~ {Ba//as£ i y» f f yy vx <-&y J «. Fig. 1.—Proposed Track Construction with the Ties Supported by Longitudinal I-Beams. I-beams under the ends of the ties. The beams would be embedded in 16ins. of ballast and connected by tie rods. Individual ties could not get looseor low, and the load upon them would be distributed to the ballast by theI-beams. In surfacing, these beams would be raised by jacks and tamped,instead of tamping individual ties. A more elaborate plan, designed by Linden thai, is shown in Fig. 2. I

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. Railway track and track work . 40* H AJxJx/^ 7x9x9<?77es, ? C. ~~ {Ba//as£ i y» f f yy vx <-&y J «. Fig. 1.—Proposed Track Construction with the Ties Supported by Longitudinal I-Beams. I-beams under the ends of the ties. The beams would be embedded in 16ins. of ballast and connected by tie rods. Individual ties could not get looseor low, and the load upon them would be distributed to the ballast by theI-beams. In surfacing, these beams would be raised by jacks and tamped,instead of tamping individual ties. A more elaborate plan, designed by Linden thai, is shown in Fig. 2. In a modified form in use for about 1,000 ft.

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