. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . be 88 ft. The bridge will comprise forming to city speed regulations, thetrains will make only about ten miles anhour between stations, of which therewill be seven, including three terminals,elaborately fitted up with train sheds,elevated platform and turntables. Steel Railroad railroad ties are being extensive-ly used in Switzerland. At present 65 percent, of the Federal Railways employthem. They have the form or profile ofa trough into which shape they are rolledat the mills. The
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . be 88 ft. The bridge will comprise forming to city speed regulations, thetrains will make only about ten miles anhour between stations, of which therewill be seven, including three terminals,elaborately fitted up with train sheds,elevated platform and turntables. Steel Railroad railroad ties are being extensive-ly used in Switzerland. At present 65 percent, of the Federal Railways employthem. They have the form or profile ofa trough into which shape they are rolledat the mills. The ends are bent down,the profile of the trough being thus are provided for the attachmentof the rails by means of clamp plates andno tieplates are used under the rails. Theweight of the trough profile is meter and the ties complete, withholes bored, weigh lbs. each. Ac-cording to the requirements of the Fed-eral Railways the steel in these ties musthave a tensile strength of about 59,000to 64,000 lbs. per sq. in. and an entiretrough piece shall admit of being bent. PROFILE VIEW OF THE NEW QUEBEC BRIDGE. a double-track railway, and two side-walks for foot passengers. together on its back without showing anybreaking fissures. Intra-Mural Railway at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Of the several means to be taken toeliminate the bugaboo of leg-wearinessfrom the grounds of the Panama-PacificInternational Exposition during 1915, themost elaborate and effective will be thelittle intra-mural steam railway, with itslive miles of steel track, work on whichwas begun on October 1. With its eightor ten modern Pacific type of ft. in length, each weighing 12 tonsequipped with air brakes, standard auto-mobile couplers, electric headlight and sixdrive wheels, each little giant hauling atrain of ten miniature passenger coaches,and running on a regular schedule on adouble-track system, the ExpositionMarina Railway puts the finishing toucht
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