. The Street railway journal . l construction, girder rails were at first employed in thenew work. However, permission was obtained from the CityCouncil of Davenport to lay 800 ft. of double track with T-rail in paved street in order that the advantages and disad-vantages of this construction might be observed. The loca-tion chosen for this strip of track was at a point where itwould receive the hardest usage from crossing wagons. It is «. I SIDE ELEVATION OF JOINT, WITH HALF OF 15IN. I-BEAM bed extended 4 ins. below and 2 ins. above the ties. Nosebrick of the Twin City type were
. The Street railway journal . l construction, girder rails were at first employed in thenew work. However, permission was obtained from the CityCouncil of Davenport to lay 800 ft. of double track with T-rail in paved street in order that the advantages and disad-vantages of this construction might be observed. The loca-tion chosen for this strip of track was at a point where itwould receive the hardest usage from crossing wagons. It is «. I SIDE ELEVATION OF JOINT, WITH HALF OF 15IN. I-BEAM bed extended 4 ins. below and 2 ins. above the ties. Nosebrick of the Twin City type were laid next to the rail andthese, as well as the remainder of the paving brick, werelaid on a cushion of sand i in. thick. The track construction with girder rails is very similar tothat with T-rails. To avoid chipping the brick and extend-ing them under thehead of the rail, how-ever, the rails werefilled with cement andsand. Some special con-struction with girderrails which is of morethan passing interestwas employed in recon-.
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