. Electric railway review . =f 5 HSU EST LX| /^/rror YbrrBAMO X/^^7- /T/V£>-*7 L/r/P/rz/v St/P££:t ^ TT^. w w w San Francisco Track—Rebuilt Cable Tracks, Showing Slot Yokes and Parts Removed. high and of a similar contour. This latter rail, however,weighs 109 pounds per yard. For curved tracks, serving thesame traffic as the latter mentioned rails, a 119-pound guardsection is used. These three rail sections just mentionedare illustrated herewith, and are rolled by the Lorain SteelCompany. The drilling of rail ends for joints in these sec-tions is also illustrated. Tie rods are spaced from 8
. Electric railway review . =f 5 HSU EST LX| /^/rror YbrrBAMO X/^^7- /T/V£>-*7 L/r/P/rz/v St/P££:t ^ TT^. w w w San Francisco Track—Rebuilt Cable Tracks, Showing Slot Yokes and Parts Removed. high and of a similar contour. This latter rail, however,weighs 109 pounds per yard. For curved tracks, serving thesame traffic as the latter mentioned rails, a 119-pound guardsection is used. These three rail sections just mentionedare illustrated herewith, and are rolled by the Lorain SteelCompany. The drilling of rail ends for joints in these sec-tions is also illustrated. Tie rods are spaced from 8 feet 4inches to 10 feet 4 inches apart and 3 inches below the treadof the rail, depending upon the section used. For the reconstructed cable lines a 4-inch 81-pound Trilbyrail was used, its low height permitting it, on some streets, tobe installed above the old cable yokes. On other track, inasphalt paved streets, not subject to heavy teaming, a 9-inchrail of Pennsylvania Steel Company section No. 201, weigh-ing 85 pounds per yard, was used. The track rails are connected with 36-inch 12-bolt Con-tinu
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