Since 1932 Texas and New Orleans Railroad has been replacing open deck and ballast deck timber trestles with structures incorporating creosote, open deck "packed chord" design; advantages and results obtained; timber stringers comprising chords are placed tightly against each other and fastened with through bolts, instead of being separated few inches as in conventional construction.


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    Titel :

    "Packed-chord" trestles give good service


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


    Beteiligte:
    McKenzie, H.J. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1950


    Format / Umfang :

    2 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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