. The Street railway journal . /Chlppni itlnck Sand XH *triet Railway Journal FIG. —PLAN OF NOSE BRICK FOR STREET RAILWAY TRUCKS While city engineer of Richmond, Ind., he designed, in1894, the nose brick shown as Fig. 4, on page 884 of theStreet Railway Journal of Oct. 26, 1907, reproducedherewith by the solid-line drawing in Fig. 1. This shapewas manufactured by the Canton Brick Company for thecity of Richmond to repair some tracks on Main Street that. Sub-Grade Street Railway Journal ain Tile FIG. 2.—CROSS-SECTION OF T-RAIL TRACK ON N. E. STREET,RICHMOND, IND. had been of poor, constructi
. The Street railway journal . /Chlppni itlnck Sand XH *triet Railway Journal FIG. —PLAN OF NOSE BRICK FOR STREET RAILWAY TRUCKS While city engineer of Richmond, Ind., he designed, in1894, the nose brick shown as Fig. 4, on page 884 of theStreet Railway Journal of Oct. 26, 1907, reproducedherewith by the solid-line drawing in Fig. 1. This shapewas manufactured by the Canton Brick Company for thecity of Richmond to repair some tracks on Main Street that. Sub-Grade Street Railway Journal ain Tile FIG. 2.—CROSS-SECTION OF T-RAIL TRACK ON N. E. STREET,RICHMOND, IND. had been of poor, construction, and to pave along the railson N. E. Street, between Eighth and Tenth Streets, that hadbeen contracted for. The track work on the N. E Streetimprovement was constructed as shown in Fig. 2, and ispractically as good to-day as in 1894. The solid-line draw-ing in Fig. 1 represents the form as originally designed,the dotted line the form as manufactured to-day. is convinced that the original form—the solid-linedrawing—is the best to use, as it affords an easy egress 1144 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX. No. 24. for the wheels of vehicles in turning out of the way ofcars, for as the angle increases the brick eases the wheelout of the rut, there being almost a gradual incline fromthe bottom of the ball of the rail to its highest point. tftrwf Kailway Joui-nal Standard Tie Bolt
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