. Electric railway journal . -tion for this article, stated that during the past twoyears 650 poles had been repaired in this manner atan average cost of $ This is quite striking incomparison with the former cost of $16 to $26. A Device to Prevent Rail Creepage ANEW development has been made in the method ofretarding creepage of rails by anchoring a numberof ties to the joint tie. For connecting the ties togethera new device called the Trak-ankor is being manu-factured by the Track Specialties Company, New YorkCity. The device consists of a flat steel bar punchedwith spike holes to be att
. Electric railway journal . -tion for this article, stated that during the past twoyears 650 poles had been repaired in this manner atan average cost of $ This is quite striking incomparison with the former cost of $16 to $26. A Device to Prevent Rail Creepage ANEW development has been made in the method ofretarding creepage of rails by anchoring a numberof ties to the joint tie. For connecting the ties togethera new device called the Trak-ankor is being manu-factured by the Track Specialties Company, New YorkCity. The device consists of a flat steel bar punchedwith spike holes to be attached to the joint ties andthe preceding four or six ties, depending upon theseverity of the creepage. In order to bunch the jointties, tighten the gage of track, or cause other track illsdue to rail creepage, ties with this device must dragsix or eight ties instead of two as with the usual typeof anti-creeper. Based on 2,880 ties, spaced 22 , and 364 rails per mile, the cost per mile for thetrak-ankor would be $ REPAIRED PART IN PLACE READY FOR SERVICE Repairing Box of Manganese-Insert Frog THE accompanying illustrations show a somewhatunique application of thermit welding in repairingthe cast-iron box of a manganese-insert frog installednear the carhouses of the Union Street Railway, NewBedford, Mass. This box was broken just at the edgeof the manganese steel center as a result of car carrying out the repairs the frog was removed fromthe pavement and the manganese center was taken end part of the cast-iron box outside the fracturewas cut away with hammer and chisel, to providespace for the new metal. That part of the end ofthe cast-iron box which remained was then thermit-
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