Adopt flat-bottom tie plate for use on all main track ties; from start have treated all switch timber and bridge ties; savings effected; summary of advantages; submits a comparison of maintenance ratio for few typical roads selected at random; Lackawanna shows by far lowest ratio of any of roads in table. (See also Eng. News-Rec., vol. 100, no. 8, Feb. 23, 1928, p. 310)
What the Lackawanna has gained by treating ties
Ry. Age
Railway Age ; 84 , n 5
1928
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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