. The Street railway journal . aled in hardened steel. Anotherfeature is the Wharton unbroken main lineswitch for steam and interurban railroads,which makes it unnecessary to have frogs inthe main line at the switch. Street railwayspecial work with manganese steel centers is,of course, shown. Manganese steel frogs are also being madefor steam and interurban railroads, with guard rails havingmanganese steel reinforcements. Arthur S. Partridge, the well-known supply man of St. Louis, has charge of this CONTINUOUS RAIL-JOINT COMPANY OF AMERICASample joints for a great variety of secti
. The Street railway journal . aled in hardened steel. Anotherfeature is the Wharton unbroken main lineswitch for steam and interurban railroads,which makes it unnecessary to have frogs inthe main line at the switch. Street railwayspecial work with manganese steel centers is,of course, shown. Manganese steel frogs are also being madefor steam and interurban railroads, with guard rails havingmanganese steel reinforcements. Arthur S. Partridge, the well-known supply man of St. Louis, has charge of this CONTINUOUS RAIL-JOINT COMPANY OF AMERICASample joints for a great variety of sections of T and girderrail are to be seen at the space of the Continuous Rail-Joint ply is shown for the first time. This bond consists simply of aflat strip of copper forced into a groove in the angle-bar of thejoint at the point where the angle-bar bears on the railbase. The copper, therefore, forms part of the bearingsurface between angle-bar and rail. A new insulated jointfor block signal work shown, employs insulating strips.
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