. The Street railway journal . O -€ > 1 > i .—80--4*—118 * ■< MS s- -«—m—» 7sn < 14-8—* *—H8 » * -80---* Inside Splice liar ■. Street FIG. 6.—SPLICE BARS FOR T-H RAIL bed of sand or gravel. As has been said before, this modeof track laying is rapidly disappearing. Concrete beingcheap and wood dear, the former is used almost exclusivelyfor rail foundations in paved streets. Fig. n shows crosssections of tracks adopted by one of the large tramwaycompanies of Paris, one with wooden pavement and theother with Belgian block. Fig. 12 gives cross section oftrack adopted in one
. The Street railway journal . O -€ > 1 > i .—80--4*—118 * ■< MS s- -«—m—» 7sn < 14-8—* *—H8 » * -80---* Inside Splice liar ■. Street FIG. 6.—SPLICE BARS FOR T-H RAIL bed of sand or gravel. As has been said before, this modeof track laying is rapidly disappearing. Concrete beingcheap and wood dear, the former is used almost exclusivelyfor rail foundations in paved streets. Fig. n shows crosssections of tracks adopted by one of the large tramwaycompanies of Paris, one with wooden pavement and theother with Belgian block. Fig. 12 gives cross section oftrack adopted in one of the large cities. The bed of sandunder the concrete stringers was a drawing requirement ofthe city engineer, but in actual construction it was naturallyomitted. The joint problem is forcing itself into attention nowthat the tracks of the earlier roads are going to pieces. Therail sections were very badly designed for good splicing,and the bars themselves were short, with four holes andsmall bolts. Naturally the conditions were the best pos-sible for low joints, but attention is being given to thismatter, and the later rail sect
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