. The Street railway journal . n to the cars operated on the local system. The lineis single track thoughout, turnouts being located at inter-vals of about 3 miles on the interurban line. In the streets of the towns 95-lb. girder rail is used, andon the private right of way the track is constructed of70-lb. T-rail, A. S. C. E. section, the rail joints being fur-nished by the Continuous Rail Joint Company of America, to make the roadbed equal to standard steam railroad con-struction. All railroad crossings at grade were avoided bythe use in Youngstown of three under-crossings and oneviaduct, ab
. The Street railway journal . n to the cars operated on the local system. The lineis single track thoughout, turnouts being located at inter-vals of about 3 miles on the interurban line. In the streets of the towns 95-lb. girder rail is used, andon the private right of way the track is constructed of70-lb. T-rail, A. S. C. E. section, the rail joints being fur-nished by the Continuous Rail Joint Company of America, to make the roadbed equal to standard steam railroad con-struction. All railroad crossings at grade were avoided bythe use in Youngstown of three under-crossings and oneviaduct, above referred to, and in Hubbard by a viaductover the tracks of both the Erie and Lake Shore roads. Double trolley wire is used throughout; the wire being00 gage, Fig. 8 section. In Youngstown steel poles withspan wires are generally used, and in Sharon and Hubbardsimilar construction with chestnut poles. Elsewherebracket construction is used, the chestnut poles being 35ft. long, with 7-in. tops as a minimum. In addition to the.
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