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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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up, there is formed a wedge adjustmentwhich insures the keeping of the parts always inclose contact, making them practically one with therail, giving it great security and strength. The upper parts of the plate, which gives supportto the under head of the rail, are formed with con-cave surfaces, as in ordinary practice, there beingtwo such surfaces with reinforcing center ribs onplates designed for girder rails. The base plate is designed to restupon the ties adjoining the joints, so that ends of the truss part ofthe joint plates rest against the ties, and tend to prevent the creep-ing of the rails. It will be readily observed that the joint is designed so that itconfines, and securely holds both the web and the flanges of therail, for which reason all lateral and vertical movements of railends is prevented, and the essential feature of perfect joints issecured. A second engraving illustrates the Diamond type of railwayspike, which, as will be noted from the illustration, is shaped at
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