To eliminate expense of joint maintenance and to realize other savings, Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway installed 5 1/2 mi of 131-lb continuous welded rail, joined by oxyacetylene pressure butt welds; longest rail in installation is 3503 ft long and shortest 410 ft long; welding set up, method of distributing rail, its installation and costs, are discussed. Before Maintenance of Way Club, Chicago.
E.J. and E. Lays 5 1/2 miles of welded rail
Ry Eng Maintenance
Railway Engineering and Maintenance ; 40 , n 6
1944
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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