. Steel rails; their history, properties, strength and manufacture, with notes on the principles of rolling stock and track design . 12 STEEL RAILS to October 31, 1910, there were 30,086 failures or one defective rail for every714 rails laid in the track. It will be interesting to turn to the conditions of twenty years ago. Thefollowing table * shows the rail failures on one of the American railways duringthe years 1884 to 1888 inclusive. In track, June 1, 1884 121,685 tons In track, January 1, 1889 162,526 tons Removed from track, 1884 to 1888 inclusive, on account of: Broken 1,293| tons Brui
. Steel rails; their history, properties, strength and manufacture, with notes on the principles of rolling stock and track design . 12 STEEL RAILS to October 31, 1910, there were 30,086 failures or one defective rail for every714 rails laid in the track. It will be interesting to turn to the conditions of twenty years ago. Thefollowing table * shows the rail failures on one of the American railways duringthe years 1884 to 1888 inclusive. In track, June 1, 1884 121,685 tons In track, January 1, 1889 162,526 tons Removed from track, 1884 to 1888 inclusive, on account of: Broken 1,293| tons Bruised l,435f tons Split l,353f tons Worn out 28| tons No fault 35f tons Total 4,147 tons The record is deceptive in some respects without an explanation. Manyof the breaks in the older rails were caused by punching bolt holes. The recordof the bruised or battered rails, which constituted the largest item, would havebeen still greater, except for the fact that long pieces of track laid with soft orso-called pewter rails showed up in such bad shape that they were taken upand the rails sent to branches or used in sidings after havi
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