. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . Fig. 112. JOINT SPRING NUT LOCK. joint spring nut of this class.) Loose nuts notonly mean loose and low joints, but wear on theangle bars and rails and broken joint bolts, andhence are to be obviated. RAIL BRACES. To keep the track to gauge, rail braces areused on curves, and, if soft wood ties are used, 250 BUILDING AND EEPAluING RAILWAYS. they can be used to advantage on should always be used for the guard railsand lead rai
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . Fig. 112. JOINT SPRING NUT LOCK. joint spring nut of this class.) Loose nuts notonly mean loose and low joints, but wear on theangle bars and rails and broken joint bolts, andhence are to be obviated. RAIL BRACES. To keep the track to gauge, rail braces areused on curves, and, if soft wood ties are used, 250 BUILDING AND EEPAluING RAILWAYS. they can be used to advantage on should always be used for the guard railsand lead rails of turnouts or switches. Theyshould be well designed for their work, or theouter edge of the rail will cut into the tie, asshown by Fig. 113. Two designs of forged steelbraces for rails are shown in Fig. 114. The tie
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