. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . Fig. 212. CLIMAX STOCK Fig. 213. SHEFFIELD CATTLE GUARD. 322 BUILDING AND BE PAIRING RAILWAYS. doned, surface guards being now used almost ex-clusively. Figs. 211, 212 and 213 representsome of the stj^les used. TRACK SCALES. The revenue of a railv^ay is based on the rateper 100 pounds, and it is therefore vital to havethe weights correct. Car load freight is weighedon track scales, and as the traffic becomes heavyand the schedule f
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . Fig. 212. CLIMAX STOCK Fig. 213. SHEFFIELD CATTLE GUARD. 322 BUILDING AND BE PAIRING RAILWAYS. doned, surface guards being now used almost ex-clusively. Figs. 211, 212 and 213 representsome of the stj^les used. TRACK SCALES. The revenue of a railv^ay is based on the rateper 100 pounds, and it is therefore vital to havethe weights correct. Car load freight is weighedon track scales, and as the traffic becomes heavyand the schedule faster, the delay caused byweighing becomes annoying to shippers. Toovercome this and permit rapid weighing an at-tachment to the track scales has been made andis known as the Automatic Weighing and Re-cording Attachment. Fig. 214 gives a view^ ofone make of track scales.
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