. Electric railway journal . a private right-of-way. This improvement will shorten the for spans over 80 ft. The heaviest bridges are on thedistance from 27 miles to 26 miles, and will reduce the max- Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad. All of these areimum grade to 3^ per cent. The present maximum grades being designed to carry three 60-ton cars on each track September 25, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 459 at the same time, with an impact, calculated according tosteam railroad formulas, of 90 per cent on the floor systemat 60 One of the accompanying illustrations showsa bridge o
. Electric railway journal . a private right-of-way. This improvement will shorten the for spans over 80 ft. The heaviest bridges are on thedistance from 27 miles to 26 miles, and will reduce the max- Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad. All of these areimum grade to 3^ per cent. The present maximum grades being designed to carry three 60-ton cars on each track September 25, 1909.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 459 at the same time, with an impact, calculated according tosteam railroad formulas, of 90 per cent on the floor systemat 60 One of the accompanying illustrations showsa bridge over the Erie Canal at Fairport, and another viewshows the bridge over the Oswego River at Phoenix. Thebridge abutments are of concrete, composed of 1 part ce-ment, 2^ parts sand and 5 parts of broken stone. Several accompanying drawings show the standardsadopted for the construction of box and arch culverts,cattle passes, drain tiles, etc. Arches are made of 1 :2 and reinforced by Ransome steel rods. Box cul-. Beebe Syndicate Lines—Typical Flat Top Concrete High-way Crossing verts are reinforced with old 45-lb. rail laid to 6-in. Allen Creek bridge, shown in one of the halftones anddrawings, was designed originally as a flat-top culvert, andwas reinforced as such. The arch effect was producedsimply for the sake of. symmetry. TRACK STANDARDS The standard weight of rail on the Beebe lines is 70 private right-of-way and 90 lb. in villages and only exception is the Syracuse & South Bay Railroad, Ransome Rodsl« i i; ,-, us !lnd3 15J J 17 9
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