. Railway age . E. 337 Railroad Track Tanks. UV il. II. , .^ssisIa^t Kii|;liKfi. Lake Slmif & .MiclilKiin Track tanks have been used since 1857, when they were installedon the London & North Weotern Railway of England. In theUnited States, the New York Central used track tanks in 1870. Thepractice in England is to use troughs of sheet steel, or iron; in afew cases cast iron is used, and one road—the Great Northern ofEngland—uses troughs of creosoted wood fastened by cast ironbrackets to the ties. The English trough is usually supported uponwooden .stringers fastened to the ti
. Railway age . E. 337 Railroad Track Tanks. UV il. II. , .^ssisIa^t Kii|;liKfi. Lake Slmif & .MiclilKiin Track tanks have been used since 1857, when they were installedon the London & North Weotern Railway of England. In theUnited States, the New York Central used track tanks in 1870. Thepractice in England is to use troughs of sheet steel, or iron; in afew cases cast iron is used, and one road—the Great Northern ofEngland—uses troughs of creosoted wood fastened by cast ironbrackets to the ties. The English trough is usually supported uponwooden .stringers fastened to the ties, the top edge of the troughbeing bent over and bolted to the top of these stringers. In theUnited States, troughs are of sheet steel and are supported directlyupon the lies, although at one time the Chicago. .Milwaukee & had a track tank between Chicago and Milwaukee made upof cast iron sections, each section being 6 ft. long. The relative elevation of the top of rail and top of trough. Fig. 1 — Passenger Train on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Taking Water is governed by circumstances. In lOngland the trough is about 3 than the rail and at the ends the rail is raised (> in., thischange in grade being made very rapidly, usually in ISO ft. Inthe Unite<I States the top of rail and top of trough are about thesame height. The main advantage of English practice is that thescoop does not have to work through such extreme limits, and thereis no necessity for inclines at the ends of the trough, but thiswould not be practicable on our railroads, as the bottoms of hoppercars, the brake rigging and other apparatus do not have as greatclearance as in Knglanil and the troughs would be injured. Ameii-can practice is to allow nothing between the rails which projectsabove the rails. It Is entirely possible to maintain track tanks oncurves—English roads not hesitating to place them thus, and thereare several in this country—but it is not advisable to do
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