. Electric railway journal . SOME EARLY RAILS OF THE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT PERIOD A—Side-bearing stringer rail. B—Center-bearing stringer rail. C—Stringer guard rail. D—One of the first girder guard rails(1883). A similar design was first rolled in Birmingham, Ala., prior to that date. E—Early center-bearing rail (1888), butter-fly section. F—C. A. Richards girder section (1885). G—Early girder guard rail, bulb section (1885). H—One of the earliestgirder guards, having a base similar to modern sections. About 1889. I—Center-bearing girder rail. About 1889. J—Angle chairsupport for bulb section.
. Electric railway journal . SOME EARLY RAILS OF THE ELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT PERIOD A—Side-bearing stringer rail. B—Center-bearing stringer rail. C—Stringer guard rail. D—One of the first girder guard rails(1883). A similar design was first rolled in Birmingham, Ala., prior to that date. E—Early center-bearing rail (1888), butter-fly section. F—C. A. Richards girder section (1885). G—Early girder guard rail, bulb section (1885). H—One of the earliestgirder guards, having a base similar to modern sections. About 1889. I—Center-bearing girder rail. About 1889. J—Angle chairsupport for bulb section. K—Verv earlv full-groove girder rail, patented 1883. Used in Washington, D. C, about 1889. Thisdesign was originated in England. L—Duplex composite section, about 1891. These parts were held together in cast-iron chairs ;the chairs in turn were held to gage by tie rods. The chairs rested on the soil or were embedded in concrete. M—Lewis andPowler box girder, or double-webbed rail. About 1890. July
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