. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. Kail, Great Western Railway ofEngland, 1858. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) Fig. 66. Great Western Railway of Canada, 1855. (From a drawing in the IT. S. National Museum.) of the _CL rail with a metal shoe running the full length of the rail towhich it was bolted (thus adding to its strength), as used on the Great If any of the rail was laid, I fail to find the fact recorded. 682 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. Western Railway of Canada, is shown. Both of these figures are fromdrawings in the collection. The XX rai
. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. Kail, Great Western Railway ofEngland, 1858. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) Fig. 66. Great Western Railway of Canada, 1855. (From a drawing in the IT. S. National Museum.) of the _CL rail with a metal shoe running the full length of the rail towhich it was bolted (thus adding to its strength), as used on the Great If any of the rail was laid, I fail to find the fact recorded. 682 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. Western Railway of Canada, is shown. Both of these figures are fromdrawings in the collection. The XX rail was in use in several of our Southern States during thewar of 1861->65. It was fouud that the _Q_ rail was almost certain to fail when laidon cross-ties, and for this reason roads, notably the Nashville and Chat-tanooga, that used it always favored the superstructure with the railbearing on a longitudinal stringer instead of a cross-tie.
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