. Elements of railroad track and construction . ng paper. 386. Gates.—On a trunk line carrying heavy trafficprobably under no circumstance will an opening of anykind be allowed in the right-of-way fence, but along rail-roads of less importance there are still grade farm cross- n n n n - - 1 Fig. 200. iugs which necessitate a gate on each side of the rail-road. While there are probably as many styles of gatesas there are types of fences, gates may be divided intotwo general types, viz., swinging and sliding shding gate is shown in Fig. 201. The gate is pushedto the right, sliding on the
. Elements of railroad track and construction . ng paper. 386. Gates.—On a trunk line carrying heavy trafficprobably under no circumstance will an opening of anykind be allowed in the right-of-way fence, but along rail-roads of less importance there are still grade farm cross- n n n n - - 1 Fig. 200. iugs which necessitate a gate on each side of the rail-road. While there are probably as many styles of gatesas there are types of fences, gates may be divided intotwo general types, viz., swinging and sliding shding gate is shown in Fig. 201. The gate is pushedto the right, sliding on the cleats a a until the verticalpiece 6 6 at the center of the gate strikes the cleats a gate then nearly balances and is readily s^vung to aposition at right angles to the direction of the closed, the ends of the horizontal boards of the gate CULVERTS. 369 project over the cleats d d and may be fastened by somesimple contrivance. 387. Post Braces.—One of the most importantpoints in connection with wire fence construction is. Fig. 201. to keep the end posts in a vertical position. No postwill withstand the pull of the wires unless it is securelybraced. One of the simplest forms of brace is shownat e e, Fig. 201. This brace e e should not be less than
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