. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . ^ Bolt & Web ¥^ ^. liG. GL—P. S. Rail Section,100 Lbs. per Yd. lion Series A, but with a radius of 1 in. for the fillet betweenthe base and the web. This section is shown in Fig. 62. 38. Sections, Foreign.—In Europe a T-rail section is Vignole rail, used extensively abroad, was invented in Englandin 1836 by Mr. Chas. Vignoles. In England, however, the ideaseems to prevail that a T-rail track is undesirable and the bullhead rail is generally used on the EngUsh railways. Fig. 635shows the 100-lb. section of the British Stan
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . ^ Bolt & Web ¥^ ^. liG. GL—P. S. Rail Section,100 Lbs. per Yd. lion Series A, but with a radius of 1 in. for the fillet betweenthe base and the web. This section is shown in Fig. 62. 38. Sections, Foreign.—In Europe a T-rail section is Vignole rail, used extensively abroad, was invented in Englandin 1836 by Mr. Chas. Vignoles. In England, however, the ideaseems to prevail that a T-rail track is undesirable and the bullhead rail is generally used on the EngUsh railways. Fig. 635shows the 100-lb. section of the British Standard bull head rail. 39. Weight.—The 90-lb. and 100-lb. sections are now gen-erally adopted as standard on American railroads. Sections of RAILS 109 heavier weight have not met with general favor, although thereare a few exceptions, notably the 105-lb. rail standard onthe New York Central, illustrated in Fig. 62, and the in use on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. One thousandtons of this latter rail were ordered in 1910 for use on sharp or
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