Use includes stretches of main line having rails nearly half mile in length; troubles from expansion and contraction movements have been negligible; there is extensive and increasing use of welding to build up worn and battered rail ends; similar repair by welding is employed for frogs and switches. (see also editorial comment on p 595)


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    Title :

    Rail welding on American railways


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Published in:

    Engineer ; 159 , n 4143


    Publication date :

    1935


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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