. Report on the substitution of metal for wood in railroad ties . r rails on our main line. Therails were light weight, 50 pounds to the yard; the ties were California redwood,which is a soft timber. We are using on this division engines weighing sixty few plates that we put there have made a very fair showing. Without the platesthe rails in the same locality have sunk into the tie from one-half to one and one-halfinches, while rails resting on the bed-plates are simply even with the top of the tie ; ina very few instances they have suuk into the tie, say one-eighth of an inch. Thepla
. Report on the substitution of metal for wood in railroad ties . r rails on our main line. Therails were light weight, 50 pounds to the yard; the ties were California redwood,which is a soft timber. We are using on this division engines weighing sixty few plates that we put there have made a very fair showing. Without the platesthe rails in the same locality have sunk into the tie from one-half to one and one-halfinches, while rails resting on the bed-plates are simply even with the top of the tie ; ina very few instances they have suuk into the tie, say one-eighth of an inch. Theplates are of too small an area, in my judgment, for such soft timber as Californiaredwood. If they had been made an inch and a half longer and an inch wider Ithink much better results would have been obtained. As soon as our extension, noted above, is opened, these plates will be subjected toheavy traffic, and in the course of the next six mouths I may be able to give youmore definite information. The manager of the Maine Central Railroad, using principally cedar. .S^-;;_^Z|^^. /reportonsubstitu04trat
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