. Electric railway review . this past year onFillmore avenue, 5 miles of double track, and on SycamoreStreet, miles of double track. A trench was dug 15inches below the surface of the street and 18 feet rail was laid and bolted with four bolts and Carnegie steel ties spaced on 10-foot centers. These tiesare of I-beam section, top flange. 4V2 inches; bottom inches; depth, 5% inches: 6 feet long and weighing January 19. I ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW B3 pounds per foot. The track was then surfaced and lined byblocking up under the ends of ties and Vineh tie-r
. Electric railway review . this past year onFillmore avenue, 5 miles of double track, and on SycamoreStreet, miles of double track. A trench was dug 15inches below the surface of the street and 18 feet rail was laid and bolted with four bolts and Carnegie steel ties spaced on 10-foot centers. These tiesare of I-beam section, top flange. 4V2 inches; bottom inches; depth, 5% inches: 6 feet long and weighing January 19. I ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW B3 pounds per foot. The track was then surfaced and lined byblocking up under the ends of ties and Vineh tie-rodsspaced at 5-foot centers were put in. A 6-inch trench was<lu-r under each tie. Concrete, proportioned 1 part of LehighPortland cemem. 3 parts of clean, sharp sand and G parts of;l--inch stone, was then put in by a Foote continuous con-niixer. This mixer was of traction type, one pair ofels running on the outside asphalt, the other pair of THERMIT RAIL-WELDING. BY M. J. FRENCH, IIll A ,\ MOHAWK PALLET RAILWAY COMPANY,. Track Construction with Nine-Inch Rails. Carnegie Steel Ties andTie-Rods at Five-Foot Centers. i, 5-fooi planks properly blocked up bo that nohi was brought upon the track The concrete was shov-eled Into the trench to a depth of 6 Inches, well tamped underail and thoroughly pounded after being leveled to theThree tics were kept tampedmixer to insure thorough work at tin- ties. Finn- hundredIngle track were concreted per day of id hours,which includes besides iii tin- track, - feet on tin- outside and L feel in the devil strip. B] lie use ol He continuous mixer a uniform mix was made on the entire lobwith a saving of about in per cent followed behind thi e :;m^. using ■ in- coarse I for a cushion and on that the No, I Medina • j,.i\Ing was ween the rails and in the devil snip, and toothing along be outsideof trad: (to receive the asphalt) ami nj it. This then pounded and slushed with composed of a mixture of l part Portland cement to 2 parts uid. which co
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