. The Street railway journal . lines are of especial interest because they represent the resultsof the engineering experience on the second largest interurbansystem in the country, and one that has always been noted forthe excellence of its construction work. adopted is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the standard earthsections for cuts and fills, while Fig. 4 shows the constructionadopted at sidings. From these figures it is seen that the bankupon which the ballast is placed is 16 ft. wide. The slopes on December 17, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. both cuts and fills are i/2 to 1. The depth of
. The Street railway journal . lines are of especial interest because they represent the resultsof the engineering experience on the second largest interurbansystem in the country, and one that has always been noted forthe excellence of its construction work. adopted is shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 shows the standard earthsections for cuts and fills, while Fig. 4 shows the constructionadopted at sidings. From these figures it is seen that the bankupon which the ballast is placed is 16 ft. wide. The slopes on December 17, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. both cuts and fills are i/2 to 1. The depth of ballast is 14 ins.,and 80-lb standard T-rails have been used in the companyslatest work. Ties are 6 ins. x 8 ins. x 8 ft. long, laid 2 ft. be-tween centers. The trolley wire is carried on brackets 22 the track. Where high-tension transmission lines arenecessary, they are placed on high cross-arms, arranged asshown in the drawings. When but one transmission line isused, it is placed on a single cross-arm 7 ft. 9 ins. a
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