. The development of the American rail and track . Pig. Rail of Belgian Government Railways, 1889. Sanduerg section. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) special reference to joint fixtures, cost and speed, and the lading of thetrains which are to run over it. The rail is 5f inches high, with base5£ inches wide, and weighs about 100 pounds per yard. THE BULL-HEADED RAIL. The bull-headed rail was originally designed with a view to use firstthe top and, after the top had become worn, the bottom as a running DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 689 surface, and in som
. The development of the American rail and track . Pig. Rail of Belgian Government Railways, 1889. Sanduerg section. (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum.) special reference to joint fixtures, cost and speed, and the lading of thetrains which are to run over it. The rail is 5f inches high, with base5£ inches wide, and weighs about 100 pounds per yard. THE BULL-HEADED RAIL. The bull-headed rail was originally designed with a view to use firstthe top and, after the top had become worn, the bottom as a running DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 689 surface, and in some cases as shown in the rail laid on the StrasbourgRailway in 1858, the top and bottom were rolled exactly alike. (SeeFig. 92, made from the drawing in the collection.) But as it was found.
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