. Steel rails; their history, properties, strength and manufacture, with notes on the principles of rolling stock and track design . Fig. 68. — Emball Tie put in Track on N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R., July, taken January, Fig. 09. — Kimball Tie Showing Spiking Plugs. (.\m. lly. Eng. .\ssn.) SUPPORTS OF THE RAIL 101 1905. The track is kept in good condition, but several of the ties have developedcracks which may be due to improper application. Fig. 68 presents further ex-amples of the Kimball tie, and Fig. 69 shows a tie in good condition, takenfrom the track. In this tie the
. Steel rails; their history, properties, strength and manufacture, with notes on the principles of rolling stock and track design . Fig. 68. — Emball Tie put in Track on N. Y. C. & St. L. R. R., July, taken January, Fig. 09. — Kimball Tie Showing Spiking Plugs. (.\m. lly. Eng. .\ssn.) SUPPORTS OF THE RAIL 101 1905. The track is kept in good condition, but several of the ties have developedcracks which may be due to improper application. Fig. 68 presents further ex-amples of the Kimball tie, and Fig. 69 shows a tie in good condition, takenfrom the track. In this tie the spikes entered the spiking plug and the con-crete was not damaged, as was found to be the case in most of the ties which
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