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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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r for eachbatch of concrete. The machine is operated with ninemen, and it is considered that it saves about $20 a day in labor. The concrete ismixed in a revolvingdrum, which is 8 ft. indiameter and 4 ft. long.The whole outfit wasbuilt last winter in theshops of the track de-partment of the DetroitUnited Railway, and ismentioned later to beMr. Kerwins design. INDIANAPOLIS TRACTION& TERMINAL COMPANY The Indianapolis Trac-tion & Terminal Com-pany practically has twostandards of track con-struction in paved streets,one employing girderrail, Lorain, 93-lb., No.206; the other a new spe-cial rail section, 91 -lb.,No. 375. The girder railis laid on streets whereonly city cars will pass.The new special 91-lb.rail mentioned is a highT-rail with a wide head,and has been designed,like the Milwaukee rail mentioned later, to be easily pavedto, and yet to permit the passage of interurban cars withdeep wheel flanges, of which there is a large number enteringIndianapolis over the city system.
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CONCRETE MIXER USED IN TRACK CONSTRUCTION INDETROIT The standard rail for this service is 7 ins. high, and has ahead 2^4 ins. wide, to reduce amount of overhang of wide-treadinterurban car wheels. For outlying unpaved streets 70-lb.standard A. S. C. E. T-rail is laid. This companys standard tieis 6 ins. x 8 ins. x 7 ft., of white oak. The ties are laid 2 ft. August 29, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 335 2 ins. between centers, and ballasted with gravel concrete,which extends 6 ins. under the tie, surrounds the tie, and isbrought to within 4^ ins. of the top of the rail. Some trackhas also been laid with ties spaced 10 ft. between centers, witha concrete beam 20 ins. wide and 9 ins. deep under the rail, andextending to within 5^2 ins.of the top of the rail. Themanagement seems to favorthe regular tie constructionfirst described. On theShanghai T-rail and on-3- base and tie-rods are liable to cause a weak spot in the paving.All joints in the various tracks are cast-welded, a peculiarfor

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