Electric railway journal (1921) (14573382477)

Identifier: electricrailway571921newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ng will work over- time any day to show howfar reaching are the possi-bilities in applying theirskill. The junk pile is,then, not nearly so large asit was five years ago, andin future it will be stillsmaller. It would disap-pear altogether if it werenot for the fact that therecomes a time when it doesnot pay to repair further.Just when that time is eachmaster mechanic must de-cide for himself, but thereis a profound mathematicallaw which says in sub-stance, or translated intoEnglish, It does not payto spend $1.05 to save $1. 344 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 8 Track Construction in Poughkeepsie The Double Tracking of a Portion of the Poughkeepsie & Wappingers Falls Railway, MadeNecessary by Increased Traffic and Debilitated Track Conditions, Was CarriedOut by Using 103-Lb. Grooved Girder Rail with Bolted and Seam WeldedJoints, Steel Ties and a Foundation and Paving of Concrete By a. J. STRATTON Supeiintendent Maintenance-of-Way Eastern PennsylvaniaRailways, Pottsville, Pa.
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NEW TRACK CONSTRUCTION ON MAIN STREET. POUGHKEEPSIE INCREASES in traffic and a debilitated condition ofexisting track led the Poughkeepsie & WappingersFalls Railway to reconstruct and double track its lineon Main Street, Poughkeepsie, from Cherry Street toGrand Avenue, a distance of 3,600 ft. With the single-track construction a headway of eight minutes wasmaintained during the daytime and one of six minutesduring rush hours. This interval could not be decreased,due to the location of turnouts. The track had beenbuilt in 1893, of 60-lb. A. S. C. E. rail, at the time thatthe road was changed from horsecar to electric oper-ation. (See the Street Railway Journal for Novem-ber, 1894.) The pavement was brick on a concretefoundation. A clause in the companys franchise made approvalby the city necessary for all track construction in pavedstreets. The standard of the company for this type ofconstruction was 7-in., 70-lb. plain girder rail, withcontinuous joints, treated wood ties and 8 in