. The development of the American rail and track . ot againbuy for standard-gauge railroad any rail lighter than 66 pounds per yard. TheChicago, Burlington and Quincy, owning and controlling as it does upwards of 7,000miles of railroad, always has large quantities of rail not sufficiently good for main trackuse, but which either with or without the sawing off of the ends is perfectly goodfor branch-line service, so that our lines with very light traffic will usually be laideither with the light rail which was originally put there or with second-hand railremoved from main line. Hoping that I ha
. The development of the American rail and track . ot againbuy for standard-gauge railroad any rail lighter than 66 pounds per yard. TheChicago, Burlington and Quincy, owning and controlling as it does upwards of 7,000miles of railroad, always has large quantities of rail not sufficiently good for main trackuse, but which either with or without the sawing off of the ends is perfectly goodfor branch-line service, so that our lines with very light traffic will usually be laideither with the light rail which was originally put there or with second-hand railremoved from main line. Hoping that I have given you the information you desired, I have the honor to re-main, yours, truly, Fred. A. Delano. Mr. J. E. Watkins, Curator, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 704 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. RAILS ROLLED BY THE BETHLEHEM IRON COMPANY. Fig. 129 is from a drawing presented to the collection by the Bethle-hem Iron Company through the courtesy of Mr. E. M. Mcllvain toshowthe standard joint fixture of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Fig. Angle Sayre-Fritz Splice Bar, Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1890. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) The rail is of the Sayre pattern, and the splices are of the Sayre-Fritzstandard. LETTER FROM THE BETHLEHEM IRON COMPANY. South Bethlehem, Pa., June 30, : The first rails rolled by us were iron rails, and owing to our early record bookshaving become mislaid, we are at a loss as to what to send you to be of any use. Weinclose, however, under separate cover, a number of blue prints, that we trust youmay be able to use to advantage. You will note that a great many of the sections on the blue prints are marked un-known. Records relating to these sections have been lost or mislaid. Where wewere able to do so, the year the rail was rolled the section and name of the road usingthe rail has been noted on the blue prints. We also send you a blue print of a compound rail, which, however, we never at-tempted to make
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