. The street railway review . INVERTKI) THIRD KAIL INSlLATOK. the pressure of the shoe is upward instead of downward. The in-sulator bracket consists of a cast iron piece as shown and the insu-lating material is divided into two parts so that in laying the railsor renewing worn out insulation the two parts of the insulator maylie slipi)cd onto the rail and pushed into position under the the necessity of slipping the insulation along the wholelength of the rail or of uncoupling the rails to insert new insula-tion, as would be necessary if the insulator was made in one
. The street railway review . INVERTKI) THIRD KAIL INSlLATOK. the pressure of the shoe is upward instead of downward. The in-sulator bracket consists of a cast iron piece as shown and the insu-lating material is divided into two parts so that in laying the railsor renewing worn out insulation the two parts of the insulator maylie slipi)cd onto the rail and pushed into position under the the necessity of slipping the insulation along the wholelength of the rail or of uncoupling the rails to insert new insula-tion, as would be necessary if the insulator was made in one will be readily seen that in this position of the rail the problemof sleet is altogether avoided as the contact surface is on the bottom,and the problem of safety is met by painting the entire rail with theexception of this bottom contact surface with an insulating compoundso that contact with any of the exposed part of the rail would beperfectly harmless. The insulation is held in position by means ofan ordinary bolt and che
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