. The Street railway journal . have been much im-proved, while the splice bars are usually the six-bolt type,with heavy bolts. Patented mechanical joints have not October 13, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. been introduced as yet. The cast-welded joint has beenquite largely used. Where it has been used on an old trackwith a weak rail, such as the light Marsillon rail, it hasgiven poor results, the track being stiff at the joints andvery flexible between. In consequence the motion of thecars was bad, and the noise due to the pounding at the stiff of the switcbes. Some cast-steel switches have be
. The Street railway journal . have been much im-proved, while the splice bars are usually the six-bolt type,with heavy bolts. Patented mechanical joints have not October 13, 1900.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. been introduced as yet. The cast-welded joint has beenquite largely used. Where it has been used on an old trackwith a weak rail, such as the light Marsillon rail, it hasgiven poor results, the track being stiff at the joints andvery flexible between. In consequence the motion of thecars was bad, and the noise due to the pounding at the stiff of the switcbes. Some cast-steel switches have been madehere, and their use will become general probably in thenear future. Curved rails are made on the ground withordinary hand rail benders. The men are skilful at thiswork, and it is a cheap and efficacious way of making bonds are generally of the standard American types, -i ) I _i. 1 71 d IJ FIG. 7.—TIE RODS FOR T-H RAIL Track of 1 meter gauge, laid with Broca rail 3G kilos, per meter (73 lbs. per yard). TOJ~J. Street »l FIG. io.—CROSS SECTION OF EARLY TRACK CONSTRUCTION
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