. The Street railway journal . metal of the joint high. The picture herewith is from a photograph of such a joint, clearly showing the conditions as stated. The entire process of pouring a cast-welded joint is illustratedin the accompanying cuts, made from photographs taken duringthe actual progress of the work. Fig. 1 (page 579) shows the utility motor car used in transport-ing the apparatus and material, and the cupola, with the molten ironflowing, is attached behind this car. The thin stream of white, hotiron may be plainly seen on close inspection of the picture. Fig. 2 (page 580) is an en
. The Street railway journal . metal of the joint high. The picture herewith is from a photograph of such a joint, clearly showing the conditions as stated. The entire process of pouring a cast-welded joint is illustratedin the accompanying cuts, made from photographs taken duringthe actual progress of the work. Fig. 1 (page 579) shows the utility motor car used in transport-ing the apparatus and material, and the cupola, with the molten ironflowing, is attached behind this car. The thin stream of white, hotiron may be plainly seen on close inspection of the picture. Fig. 2 (page 580) is an enlarged view of the cupola, showing thispiece of apparatus in greater detail. Fig. 3 (page 580) gives a very comprehensive view of the carcontaining the sand blast apparatus used to clean the rail ends. >- •rm. ■ • •■: !..- J. - •«. FIG. 8—COMPLETED JOINT PIG. 11.—FINISHED JOINT purpose of this article to lay before the public a simple descriptionof the results obtained in the cast-welding of rail-joints by theMilwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, within the personalexperience of the writer and under his supervision. This descrip-tion and the results obtained, we believe, conclusively show thepossibility of cast-welding the rail-joints in a manner absolutelysatisfactory both as to efficiency and economy. It is claimed that the mass of molten iron poured around therail ends effects either a chemical or molecular change in the metal
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