. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—LATEST CONSTRUCTION IN KINGSTON, N. Y., SHOW-ING SPECIAL BRICK OUTSIDE OF RAIL. used the iron lip, ruts would form along the track. The onlydifficulty about this point was that it was not necessary, in thefirst place, to use any iron lip, because experience proves thatthere is no greater tendency for a rut to form along a T-railthan along the outer edges of a grooved or girder rail. Theyalso used letters from city engineers of New York, Brooklyn,and Albany, stating that no T-rails were used in those argument we easily answered by asking our op
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—LATEST CONSTRUCTION IN KINGSTON, N. Y., SHOW-ING SPECIAL BRICK OUTSIDE OF RAIL. used the iron lip, ruts would form along the track. The onlydifficulty about this point was that it was not necessary, in thefirst place, to use any iron lip, because experience proves thatthere is no greater tendency for a rut to form along a T-railthan along the outer edges of a grooved or girder rail. Theyalso used letters from city engineers of New York, Brooklyn,and Albany, stating that no T-rails were used in those argument we easily answered by asking our opponents to. FIG. 4.—TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION, FT. WAYNE, IND. yard, which would seem absurd to steam railroad men, especiallyin view of the very much heavier rolling stock used by thesteam roads. It is self-evident that a proper section shouldnot be inordinately heavy and should carry its load with notendency to moving sideways, and furthermore that the trackshould stand solidly in place without having to strap the railstogether every few feet. All T-rails fulfill the first two re-quirements, but the standard steam railroad sections wouldseem to serve better than the high T sections in regard tolateral stability. Just what is gained by using a high T ishard to understand, still I am willing to concede that, in viewof the experience in some of the larger cities which use thisrail, there is a chance for an argument between high T sectionsand standard T sections. Personally, I would prefer to paymore per ton for standard sections than for high T sections,although under ruling prices the high Ts cost c
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