. Railway track and track work . Embankment- ->k- IOt?-~ -- Stone Ballast similar, but only ISBeyond Ties, with Berm ddCoarse Gravel 6.—Illinois Central Ry. tending thence 6 ft. to the toe of cut or 10 ft. to edge of bank, with adrop of 18 and 6 ins., respectively. Ballast of cementing gravel is formed 14 TRACK. in much the same way, on a roadbed 20 ft. wide, being 13 ins. deep at themiddle, where it extends 3 ins. above the ties. Ballast of coarse gravel is14 ins. deep, level with the tops of the ties and shouldered out 18 their ends. Stone ballast is similarly form

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. Railway track and track work . Embankment- ->k- IOt?-~ -- Stone Ballast similar, but only ISBeyond Ties, with Berm ddCoarse Gravel 6.—Illinois Central Ry. tending thence 6 ft. to the toe of cut or 10 ft. to edge of bank, with adrop of 18 and 6 ins., respectively. Ballast of cementing gravel is formed 14 TRACK. in much the same way, on a roadbed 20 ft. wide, being 13 ins. deep at themiddle, where it extends 3 ins. above the ties. Ballast of coarse gravel is14 ins. deep, level with the tops of the ties and shouldered out 18 their ends. Stone ballast is similarly formed, but is shouldered out k— - 9o-—- \ilB-^r-20--^lz^f-—32:. Gravel ->^/?-^/4IL>\z-/7%^

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