. American engineer and railroad journal . ent, of the Post ties were inthe same condition. Sometimes these cracks had .-ittaincd alength of , and even in.; 5,000 riveted ties of theBraet type were removed from the track after only a fewmonths of service. From the standpoint of preservation ofthe ties, the result of this test has therefore bec^n most disas-trous, and it was still more so from the standpoint of expenseof maintenance. Points of observation were established alongthe diHerent lines of the system. They were composed ofsections laid side by side, in the Siime portions
. American engineer and railroad journal . ent, of the Post ties were inthe same condition. Sometimes these cracks had .-ittaincd alength of , and even in.; 5,000 riveted ties of theBraet type were removed from the track after only a fewmonths of service. From the standpoint of preservation ofthe ties, the result of this test has therefore bec^n most disas-trous, and it was still more so from the standpoint of expenseof maintenance. Points of observation were established alongthe diHerent lines of the system. They were composed ofsections laid side by side, in the Siime portions of the line under the same conditions of fatigue, and metallic tics of the Postand Braet systems. The exact account of the time which wasspent by the graders and trackmen in earing for lioth types oftrack was kept by the men in charge of these observations. The reports which were rendered on the line from Malinesto Tirlcmont gives as a result of the of this part ofthe track, which had the same length and was laid respectively. » P ( s ^^sfi^S,^r^r4 /- 3^ ..,_^ f\ BEMDINS TESTS
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