. The Street railway journal . edwith great piles of debris, were not injured, practically noneof the rails showing any signs of warping. However, as aresult of the alteration in street grades and alignments, de-cided upon by the city, many of the lines were re-constructedwith heavier rails, and during the two years that haveelapsed since the fire, this work of renewing and recon-structing track has been extended to other pars of the sys-tem. The standard track construction adopted for all newwork is a 9-in. Trilby rail, Pennsylvania Steel Company, sec-tion No. 276, weight 113 lbs. per yard, w
. The Street railway journal . edwith great piles of debris, were not injured, practically noneof the rails showing any signs of warping. However, as aresult of the alteration in street grades and alignments, de-cided upon by the city, many of the lines were re-constructedwith heavier rails, and during the two years that haveelapsed since the fire, this work of renewing and recon-structing track has been extended to other pars of the sys-tem. The standard track construction adopted for all newwork is a 9-in. Trilby rail, Pennsylvania Steel Company, sec-tion No. 276, weight 113 lbs. per yard, with i2-ho!e rail is laid on wooden ties with lo-in. cable plug terminal April 21, 1906.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 627 bond and Cox joints. In repairing old tracks, tlie rails arebeing cast welded at the joints by the Falk method. Duringthe past two years miles of track have been cast , the track department since the fire has recon-structed 5 miles of track with T rail; 36 miles with girder PRATT STREET POWER HOUSE OF THE UNITED RAILWAYSCOMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, BEFORE THE FIRE DISASTER IN and has built miles in new extensions with girder con-struction. POWER SUPPLY Coincident with the renewing of tracks and overhead work,the engineering department of the company has been busily
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