. Electric railway journal . wheels due to thewedge action created would tend to minimize nosing,and that in using the tie plate mentioned, nosing mightbe the cause of some trouble. However, from a practi-cal standpoint the cars operate over the track underwhich the plates are placed with less tendency to nosethan they do over the track without the plates. This is,no doubt, due to the fact that the wheels tread over thecenter of the head of the rail on a uniform wheel dia-meter whereas, with the rail in the usual position in re-lation to the car wheel there is a tendency for the carto nose on
. Electric railway journal . wheels due to thewedge action created would tend to minimize nosing,and that in using the tie plate mentioned, nosing mightbe the cause of some trouble. However, from a practi-cal standpoint the cars operate over the track underwhich the plates are placed with less tendency to nosethan they do over the track without the plates. This is,no doubt, due to the fact that the wheels tread over thecenter of the head of the rail on a uniform wheel dia-meter whereas, with the rail in the usual position in re-lation to the car wheel there is a tendency for the carto nose on account of one wheel running close to thegage line of the rail on its largest diameter, the otherwheel on the same axle running on its smallest dia-meter. This may readily happen with the usual gage-play between wheel and rail, and an oscillation is set upwhich causes side wear on the rail head, flange wear,and nosing. A tilted track construction consisting of 7-in., with Lundie incline tie-plates and wood ties. FIG. 3 AND FIG. 4—RAILS TILTED WITH INCLINE TIE PLATESAND BY MEANS OF STEEL TIES BENT TO GIVEA 1:20 SLOPE TO THE RAIL is shown in Fig. 3. The worn line in the center of therail head indicates that the wheels tread directly in thecenter. Fig. 4 shows a section of tilted track construc-tion with 6-in., 100-lb. T-rail laid on steel ties. In or-der to obtain the tilting effect with the steel-tie con-struction it is necessary to have the channel tifes bentat a point about 15 in. from the ends. This bending isdone by a press which is especially adapted for bendingboth ends of a pair of channels at a time. The inclinethus obtained is also one in twenty. A description ofthe use of steel ties for tilted track construction inCleveland, Ohio, was given in the Electric RailwayJOURNAL for Nov. 11, 1916, page 1029. Sand and Salt Car Made from OldSummer Car BY HENRY MEYER Master Mechanic Beaver Valley Traction Company,New Brighton, Pa. The Beaver Valley Traction Company
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