Butt welding of rails for installation in open track carried out by Central of Georgia, near Lovejoy, Ga; in single track main line between Macon and Atlanta; work involved joining of 39-ft, 112-lb rails into two continuous lengths, each 2184 ft long, and then dragging these lengths, one at a time, directly over ties of running track for distance of approximately 1/2 mi to point of installation.
Uses oxy-acetylene process to butt-weld rails in open track
Ry Eng Maintenance
Railway Engineering and Maintenance ; 33 , n 12
1937
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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