Chapter LXIII: Section 73: Rail and Tram Roads

=1271. Square bar rails.=

=1272. ~L~-iron tram road;= often made of cast-iron with the joints dove-tailed together.

=1273. ~T~-iron tram road.=

=1274. Tram road,= with flanged plates for ordinary vehicles.

=1275. Tram road,= with one channel plate and one flat plate.

=1276. Bridge rail.=

=1277. Bulb-head flanged rail.=

=1278. Double headed rail.=

=1279. “Barlow” rail.=

=1280. Bulb rail.=

=1281. Flush grooved tramway rail.= See Nos. 1839-1841.

=1282. Rolled joist rail.=

=1283. Bulb-iron rail.=

=1284. Edge’s patent perforated rail and toothed wheel.=

Many forms of combined chair and sleeper are manufactured in wrought
iron and steel.

=1285. Left-hand switch.=

=1286. Shunting carriage,= for transverse shunting; carries a short section of the main road and runs across it on independent rails laid on a lower level; often used instead of a turntable for shunting.

=1287. Tramway switch.=

=1288. Right and left-hand switch and crossing,= showing arrangement of guard-rails.

=1289. Flat bar= on edge rail.

See Section 99 for other sections of rails.