Kirkman, Marshall Monroe, 1842-1921 · New York, Chicago, The World Railway Publishing Company · leaf 282
STRUCTING, MAINTAINING. metal, and causing rapid wear and breakage when again brought in use. Under ordinary con- ditions ninety-five per cent, is due to traffic." Another writer says: " There would be a slow destruction of rails from rust, which might take off three or four per cent, of the… … Wooden Joint Block, New Jersey Railroad, A. D. 1860. years would deteriorate from rust to such an ex- tent as to necessitate renewal in order to put the track in first-class condition." An authority upon the subject says: "The average life of sixty-four rails we are studying, on the supposition…
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