Description of extensive tests installed by this road in section of main line near Chicago, during last summer, to develop most satisfactory standards of construction; tests cover ties, tie plates, tie plate fastenings, rail anchors, join bolt tension, joint expansion gaps, joint lubrication, types of ballast, and other features of track construction. Before Maintenance of Way Club, Chicago. (see also Ry Gaz v 81 n 1 July 7 1944 p 11)


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    Title :

    Twenty miles of tests on Illinois Central hold answers to many track problems


    Additional title:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


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    Publication date :

    1944


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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