. The street railway review . r the lip of rail. The groovemay be termed a compromise between the narrow i-in. wide fullgrooved section used in Washington and the Crimmons or Trilbytype used in New York city. The Washington rail is the least de- Feb. 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 131 sirable which could be installed from a car operation standpoint. while on the other hand, it is the best for vehicles. The Trilby rail is good from both the railroad and city standpoint, but is heavy and expensive. Probably the best rail rolled to-day is Lorain Co. Sec. 137-371- _. Ties. During the large amou
. The street railway review . r the lip of rail. The groovemay be termed a compromise between the narrow i-in. wide fullgrooved section used in Washington and the Crimmons or Trilbytype used in New York city. The Washington rail is the least de- Feb. 20, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 131 sirable which could be installed from a car operation standpoint. while on the other hand, it is the best for vehicles. The Trilby rail is good from both the railroad and city standpoint, but is heavy and expensive. Probably the best rail rolled to-day is Lorain Co. Sec. 137-371- _. Ties. During the large amount of construction carried on in iSggvery careful inspection was made of the old ties taken out. Thesewere of all kinds of wood from hemlock to yellow pine and was found that the yellow pine tics, in nearly all cases, were in have been published, so all that is necessary here is to give a state-ment of results obtained and the number and cause of this connection the question is still asked as to what we do. FIG. 6^JOHNSON RAIL, SECTION <)t—313. very good condition, even better than the white cedar. ,\ long kafsouthern pine 5 x 7 in. 7 ft. long has therefore been adopted for useIwtween the steel ties which are spaced at lo ft. The latter are ofa channel section 6 ft. long, and are secured to the rail by bracketswhich come well up under the head of the rail. electrically welded joint was adopted as a standard in iSy9and since that time, .30,216 joints (representing lod/i miles oftrack) have Inin wehled. Numerous descriptions of the process
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