. Electric railway journal . eration to secure the best results. Old 60-lb. Rail Used to RepairSpecial Work The Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Company,of which E. J. Mcllraith is superintendent of way andstructures, is practising many economies in track main-tenance. The illustrationshows one of the ways inwhich special work, someparts of which have wornout, is repaired so that threeor four years more of lifeare secured. The guard railjust beyond the crossing isthe original rail and showsconsiderable wear. On thenear side of the crossing ithas been replaced by old 60-lb. A. S. C. E. rail.
. Electric railway journal . eration to secure the best results. Old 60-lb. Rail Used to RepairSpecial Work The Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Company,of which E. J. Mcllraith is superintendent of way andstructures, is practising many economies in track main-tenance. The illustrationshows one of the ways inwhich special work, someparts of which have wornout, is repaired so that threeor four years more of lifeare secured. The guard railjust beyond the crossing isthe original rail and showsconsiderable wear. On thenear side of the crossing ithas been replaced by old 60-lb. A. S. C. E. rail. Thebase of this rail is cut awayto clear the casting whichholds the manganese steel in-sert, and the casting is also fM H trimmed to provide a good mm mmmmmm bearing surface. Then, withthe head of the rail sup-ported on the casting, moltenzinc is poured around it andbetween the rail and the casting. The illustration alsoshows how the ends of the running rail adjacent to thecrossing have been built up by electric SPECIAL WORK ON CURVEDTRACK REPAIRED Window Guards to Protect Belts In the shops of the Beaver Valley Traction Company,New Brighton, Pa., old window guards are used to pro-tect exposed pulleys and belts. The accompanying illus-tration shows three of these guards fastened togetherand bolted to the base of the shaper. These make verysubstantial guards, and they are stronger and more sat-isfactory than wooden strips or wire screening whichare used in many shops. Since the railway had the oldguards the expense of using them in the protection ofapparatus in the shop was small.
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