Experiences of Birmingham, Ala., Railway, Light and Power Co. with number of types of track construction in effort to reduce surface maintenance expense. Most satisfactory service is said to have been obtained with rigid concrete substructure and vitrified brick paving, wherein paving between rails is so crowned that bricks adjacent to rails fit in underneath heads of T-rails avoiding use of any nose blocks.


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    Title :

    Track construction from the paving maintenance standpoint


    Additional title:

    Elec. Ry. Jl


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1920


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    7 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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