The Street railway journal (1902) (14574253038)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo201902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE TRACK CONSTRUCTION Newark, N. J. Under the plates at each joint are placedtwo oooo-protected railbonds; cross bonds being used every500 ft. The special work was furnished by the Pennsylva-nia Steel Company, Steelton, Pa.; the Lorain Steel Com-pany, Lorain, Ohio, and the William Wharton Company,of Philadelphia, Pa. The rails are laid so that they break-joints at one-third and two-thirds of their length, thismethod of laying preventing any tendency on the part ofthe cars to teeter laterally. The rails are laid on oak andchestnut ties, placed 2 ft. from center to center, and rest-ing on 6 ins. of crushed stone or broken blast furnace slagballast. The maximum grade is 5 per cent, but this is for avery short distance, being at one of the points where thetracks cross under the Erie Railroad. The sharpest curveis 45 ft. radius, and is in the street in the center of thevillage of Hubbard, at a point where the cars make regu-lar stops. The roadbed is an example of the mos