. The Street railway journal . niteblocks with which the track was paved were then removed,together with the slot rails of the cable conduit, as shown inFig. 4. The sand was cleaned off the old concrete which sup-ported the yokes. The top of this old concrete was 6j4 the grade of the street. To avoid having to dig up thisconcrete to accommodate a 9-in. rail similar to that used on theouter rail of the track, a grooved rail only 6 ins. in height wasused for the inner rail. The owl cars were taken off thissection of the line from midnight until 5 130 a. m., to give achance to break out
. The Street railway journal . niteblocks with which the track was paved were then removed,together with the slot rails of the cable conduit, as shown inFig. 4. The sand was cleaned off the old concrete which sup-ported the yokes. The top of this old concrete was 6j4 the grade of the street. To avoid having to dig up thisconcrete to accommodate a 9-in. rail similar to that used on theouter rail of the track, a grooved rail only 6 ins. in height wasused for the inner rail. The owl cars were taken off thissection of the line from midnight until 5 130 a. m., to give achance to break out the yokes, throw out the old rail and lay the December 5, 1903.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL 979 new 6-in. inside rail. The inner rail was secured by tie-rods tothe 9-in. outer rail, already imbedded in concrete, as shown inFig. 5. The track could then be operated upon the next day,and the balance of the work completed during the top of the old concrete in the cable track being level and I , Center Line between Tracks. FIG. 5—SECTION WITH ELECTRIC RAILS IN PLACE the inner rail, which rested on this concrete, having a flangewidth of 6 ins., it was held securely in its position withoutdifficulty, but to increase its stability metal shims, 8 ins. wideand from l}4 ms- t0 1 m- m thickness, were laid every 3 ft,to bring the head of the rail up to the grade of the street. Thisleft the base of the rail between shims from y2 in. to 1 in. abovethe surface of the old cable track concrete foundation. To take Y—Center Line between Tracks
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