. The Street railway journal . Street »l FIG. io.—CROSS SECTION OF EARLY TRACK CONSTRUCTION. Street ] FIG. 8.—METHOD OF TYING a»440 1^?-W0 3 ■ II, ; Sand t ma Scale 1:30 Sti FIG. 12.—CROSS SECTION OF TRACK FOR CITY SERVICE joint was even accentuated over what it had been with heavy girder rails these joints have given so fargood results, and they are favorably regarded, not only fornew tracks but also to save old ones. Special track work in general is of a primitive is a natural consequence of the conditions here. Inthe United States, as it is
. The Street railway journal . Street »l FIG. io.—CROSS SECTION OF EARLY TRACK CONSTRUCTION. Street ] FIG. 8.—METHOD OF TYING a»440 1^?-W0 3 ■ II, ; Sand t ma Scale 1:30 Sti FIG. 12.—CROSS SECTION OF TRACK FOR CITY SERVICE joint was even accentuated over what it had been with heavy girder rails these joints have given so fargood results, and they are favorably regarded, not only fornew tracks but also to save old ones. Special track work in general is of a primitive is a natural consequence of the conditions here. Inthe United States, as it is well known,there are splendidly equipped shops,which are often separate departments ofa large rolling mill and steel works, andthese shops, managed by practical andtrained engineers, make nothing butstreet railway special work. The need ofsomething better than ordinary built-up work became evident, and bv anatural process it was soon France it is the engineer of the rail-way company who must take the initi-ative in designing the special work, withthe fact before him that if
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