. The Street railway journal . ard, which would seem absurd to steam railroad men, especiallyin view of the very much heavier rolling stock used by thesteam roads. It is self-evident that a proper section shouldnot be inordinately heavy and should carry its load with notendency to moving sideways, and furthermore that the trackshould stand solidly in place without having to strap the railstogether every few feet. All T-rails fulfill the first two re-quirements, but the standard steam railroad sections wouldseem to serve better than the high T sections in regard tolateral stability. Just what i
. The Street railway journal . ard, which would seem absurd to steam railroad men, especiallyin view of the very much heavier rolling stock used by thesteam roads. It is self-evident that a proper section shouldnot be inordinately heavy and should carry its load with notendency to moving sideways, and furthermore that the trackshould stand solidly in place without having to strap the railstogether every few feet. All T-rails fulfill the first two re-quirements, but the standard steam railroad sections wouldseem to serve better than the high T sections in regard tolateral stability. Just what is gained by using a high T ishard to understand, still I am willing to concede that, in viewof the experience in some of the larger cities which use thisrail, there is a chance for an argument between high T sectionsand standard T sections. Personally, I would prefer to paymore per ton for standard sections than for high T sections,although under ruling prices the high Ts cost considerablymore per ton than standard T FIG. 5-—OPEN-HEARTH SECTION When it became necessary to renew the tracks in Kingston, Ilooked over the experience of other companies and concludedthat the T-rail was in every way more desirable than thegrooved or girder rail and proceeded accordingly. To makesure, we laid an experimental piece of track, using 90-lb. A. E. standard rail. This gave such good results that we placedan order for several hundred tons in 60-ft. lengths with a viewto extending the construction. After the rails were delivereda bitter opposition was engineered by interests which formerlyowned one of our roads and who seem to be sore because wehave been successful. It was argued that if, when they builtthe road, it was necessary to use an iron lip, that unless we produce letters from cities where T-rails had been used. Thefact that they produced letters from places where they had notbeen used was certainly no evidence against their use. Aftera lot of misrepresentation and pe
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