. Electric railway journal . Cincinnati Welded Tie Plate and Rail Brace, with Clamp inPosition The Cincinnati Traction Company uses a tie plateof 6-in. x 12-in. x %-in. size, to which a standard railbrace with the spike hole section cut off is the welding process the brace is held in posi-tion against the rail with a special clamp which forcesthe top of the brace under the ball of the rail and thebase down against the tie plate. With this class ofcombination rail brace and tie plate, only spikes arenecessary to each tie with braces 6 ft. apart. In ademonstration but two minutes w
. Electric railway journal . Cincinnati Welded Tie Plate and Rail Brace, with Clamp inPosition The Cincinnati Traction Company uses a tie plateof 6-in. x 12-in. x %-in. size, to which a standard railbrace with the spike hole section cut off is the welding process the brace is held in posi-tion against the rail with a special clamp which forcesthe top of the brace under the ball of the rail and thebase down against the tie plate. With this class ofcombination rail brace and tie plate, only spikes arenecessary to each tie with braces 6 ft. apart. In ademonstration but two minutes were required to com-plete the weld, and the entire piece including brace andtie plate welded together cost only 25 cents. Whilevery little more time is required to install the welded. Cincinnati Welded Joint After Test, Looking at Head mer on the wedges. The weld failed only where therail and joint had not been ground. The engineers of the Cincinnati Traction Companybelieved that better progress with the paving betweentrack rails could be made if tie rods were , a combination tie plate and rail bracewas devised for standard track construction with the140-lb. Lorain section 402, girder-grooved rail. Inother instances, however, only the standard rail brace 1 > t Cincinnati Welded Joint After Test, Looking at Base tie plate and brace than was the case with the bracealone, the welded brace and plate are equal to a com-bination brace and plate and about 15 cents case steel ties instead of wooden ties are used, thebrace may be welded directly to the steel tie and may beplaced to serve as a lock to the nut on the rail clip. Thecombination brace and tie plate is shown held in posi-tion with the special clamp used during the weldingproces
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