. The Street railway journal . aid at any time without any difficulty. As it is the intention to eventually run State railwaycars over the open stretch between Oberkassel and Krefeldfor private use as well as the needs of the company, thegage and distance between tracks had to be chosen to con-form to the needs of these larger cars, which are consider-ably greater than that required by street cars. On thestretches intended for the latter the distance between tracksis only m. (9 ft.) from center to center. For the portion between the bridge and Krefeld tie con- 524 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL.
. The Street railway journal . aid at any time without any difficulty. As it is the intention to eventually run State railwaycars over the open stretch between Oberkassel and Krefeldfor private use as well as the needs of the company, thegage and distance between tracks had to be chosen to con-form to the needs of these larger cars, which are consider-ably greater than that required by street cars. On thestretches intended for the latter the distance between tracksis only m. (9 ft.) from center to center. For the portion between the bridge and Krefeld tie con- 524 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No. 8. struction with Vignol T-rail sections, n A of the Prussianrailways, were chosen. The rails have a weight of meter (54 lbs. per yard), which is sufficient for the sup-port of the large railway cars, as the lines are not to be usedby the locomotives. The rails are laid in 12 m. (39 ft. 4ins.) lengths, and in this distance fifteen tie rods are switches are of the tongue type, with a radius of. TRAIN ON HIGH SPEED SECTION BETWEEN OBER-KASSELAND HEERDT-LORR1CK curvature of 150 m. (492 ft.), which permits the use of therailway cars. For the flange rails in the city streets,Phoenix, type 25 A, with a weight of 42 kg. per meter (84lbs. per yard) were selected. The construction of the road was started in the be-ginning of July, 1897. The ground and stone work for thecompletion of the roadbed was begun first and pushed soquickly that before winter set in the roadbed on the entireopen portion, consisting of several cuts, road and railwaycrossings at Osterath, were finished, and the greater partof the rails laid. In the fall of the same year the buildingof the central station was started,and roofed before winter, so thatduring the winter months the ma-chine and boiler foundations couldbe built. As soon as the warmerweather in year 1898 commenced,the outside work was resumed, andthe several depots, which are veryhandsome, the car barns and work-shops, a
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