. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Tig, 3 is .1 perspective view of Joint Rnil. Fig. 1 is aview of outside pline 0, wlndi is applied on the outer sideof the joint. It is intendt-d to stand up flusli with the faceof the rails, sn that it may Otiin an unbroken bearing for the■wheels, as they pass the square cxtremeties of the plate may be of such form as to 011 up the recess inthe side of the lail. between the head and base, or only tobear a;fainst the head aud upon the base, lenving an openspace between it and the neck of the rail. The
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . Tig, 3 is .1 perspective view of Joint Rnil. Fig. 1 is aview of outside pline 0, wlndi is applied on the outer sideof the joint. It is intendt-d to stand up flusli with the faceof the rails, sn that it may Otiin an unbroken bearing for the■wheels, as they pass the square cxtremeties of the plate may be of such form as to 011 up the recess inthe side of the lail. between the head and base, or only tobear a;fainst the head aud upon the base, lenving an openspace between it and the neck of the rail. The hist men-tioned form is the one shown in the drawing. In either casethe lower pnrt of said plate rests partly upon the b:tse of therails, and partly upon the outside lip of the chair;, as shownin Fig. Fig. 2 is a view of inside plate D, which is anplied onthe inner side of the joint This plate must fit into the re-cess in the side of tho rail, as its ui>per part can not prqjei:tlaterally beyond the bead of the rails, or it would interferewith the flanges of the wheels. And its lower part, like thelower part of plate C, rest? pa tlyupon the base of the rails,nnd partly upon the inside lip of the chair, as shown in themodel. From the inner side of this Ilate, projects twoetronjr horizontal tongues C C. which pass through slots inthe ends of the rails, and corresponding ones in the outsideplate C. Tliese tnntrues rest u|.on projections, which oreprovided on the chair to stand up outside of tiie plate C, toitd fi« batrl::£& fo; th& t<^gues C 0« &sd Sdrvisg. » jn part, to confine the plate C. The end^ of the lon-jues arefurnished with vertical slots to tecjive keys, which aredriven tbrouirh thcr/i. iind couenpor;dii!g vertical sloisin thechnir. The rails and c
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