. Electric railway journal . of T-rail ranging from 40 lb. to 60lb. The new rail is of Pennsylvania Steel Companys highT-section No. 242 and was delivered in Santa Barbara in60-ft. lengths at a cost of $ per ton. The management found that no ballast and constructioncars fitted for carrying on the track construction were ob-tainable on the Pacific Coast, but fortunately the desiredkinds of scrap iron and steel were easily secured from thecity dump as there appears to be no market in this terri-tory for such material. The company built the necessaryflat cars and trucks, using old rails for
. Electric railway journal . of T-rail ranging from 40 lb. to 60lb. The new rail is of Pennsylvania Steel Companys highT-section No. 242 and was delivered in Santa Barbara in60-ft. lengths at a cost of $ per ton. The management found that no ballast and constructioncars fitted for carrying on the track construction were ob-tainable on the Pacific Coast, but fortunately the desiredkinds of scrap iron and steel were easily secured from thecity dump as there appears to be no market in this terri-tory for such material. The company built the necessaryflat cars and trucks, using old rails for the latter, and hadthe wheels cast in a local foundry. These constructioncars hauled all material over the old narrow-gage tracks,which had been placed to one side and which were also re-tained for passenger service until the new road could becompleted. The construction cars were fitted with 20-in. diameterwheels to minimize the height of lift from the excavationto the floor. It will be noted that the flat cars for handling. Santa Barbara Reconstruction—Home-Made Dump Car withSingle Center Sill stone were made with a center sill which was pivoted onthe king-pin center plate. Chains were attached to thetruck frame to hold the body horizontal. Preliminary todumping the load the chains on one side were unhooked,the material being dumped on the opposite side. Thismethod of handling the stone permitted a saving of ap-proximately 35 cents per cu. yd., as compared with shovel-ing. For concrete, the company used a sandstone from thenearest available quarry which is in Acton near Los An- geles. The concrete cost about $6 a cubic yard in place. Abituminous clay brick was used on both sides of the railand is set in the green concrete directly behind the it was immediately surfaced and grouted, the brick be-came an integral part of the concrete work. The concretemixture was one part Portland cement, three parts sandand five parts broken stone. The total amount of reconstruction
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