. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. 56. Compound Kail, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1848. ( From original section in the V. S. National Museum. J Several of the railway companies in New York State laid a largemileage of compound rails of various patterns. Fig. 57 is a drawing of a compound rail weighing 75 pounds to theyard, on the New York Central Kailroad in Fig. Rail, New York Central Railroad, 1855. (From original section intlie U. S. National Museum. ) Four sections of compound rails in use in New York in 1855 are shown. Fig. 58. Compound rail. New Y
. The development of the American rail and track . Fig. 56. Compound Kail, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1848. ( From original section in the V. S. National Museum. J Several of the railway companies in New York State laid a largemileage of compound rails of various patterns. Fig. 57 is a drawing of a compound rail weighing 75 pounds to theyard, on the New York Central Kailroad in Fig. Rail, New York Central Railroad, 1855. (From original section intlie U. S. National Museum. ) Four sections of compound rails in use in New York in 1855 are shown. Fig. 58. Compound rail. New York Central Kailroad. Sixty poundsto the yard. Fig. 59. Compound rail. New York Central Railroad. Seventy-fivepounds to the yard. Fig. CO. Compound rail. Troy Union Railroad. Sixty-five poundsto the yard. Fig. 61. Wide compound rail. Troy Union Railroad. Sixty-fivepounds to the yard. DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN RAIL AND TRACK. 679 Full-size models of these rails are in the collection. When the track composed of this type of compound rails was new, itis described by those who rode upon it as being the finest track ofthe period. No satisfactory nut lock was in use at that time, and asthe screw-threads or rivets wore and traffic became heavier, the differ-ent parts of the rails could only be kept together by constant attention,in screwing up the nuts or putting in new rivets. As th
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