. Railway age . Fig. 1865-1907. Fig. 24—Cosyns Tiewith Wooden -Vautherin Ties with Clips; Wittenberge-LeipsicLine, 1870-1887. the large number of different ties and meihoils of attachment thaiwere tried more or less extensively or that were proposed as im-provements. I will only bring forward the most important of thesevarious designs (Figs. 27 and 28). Merely glancing at this selec-tion of widely used ties, it is evident that railroad men and rolling mill men were too long underthe impression that they couldget along with a minimum quan-tity of metal, a mistaken notionnot entirely ov
. Railway age . Fig. 1865-1907. Fig. 24—Cosyns Tiewith Wooden -Vautherin Ties with Clips; Wittenberge-LeipsicLine, 1870-1887. the large number of different ties and meihoils of attachment thaiwere tried more or less extensively or that were proposed as im-provements. I will only bring forward the most important of thesevarious designs (Figs. 27 and 28). Merely glancing at this selec-tion of widely used ties, it is evident that railroad men and rolling mill men were too long underthe impression that they couldget along with a minimum quan-tity of metal, a mistaken notionnot entirely overcome at thepresent time. The shape, indeed,was extensively varied, the loweredges were made thicker orthinner or were given a verticalor again a horizontal direction,but the original weight of lbs. was only slowly increaseduntil a weight of 165 lbs. wasreached. accompanied by alengthening of the tie from 7 ft.;? in. to 8 ft. The metal cross-ties developedfrom Hilfs longitudinal tie andfrom its variants were In partequipped with wedge fastenings,in
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