ON THE ISSUE OF LONG RAILS AND SLOPING JOINTS

Abstract

[For the English full text of the article please see the attached PDF-File (English version follows Russian version)].Published in № 35-36 (1896) of «Rail business» note about decision of September meeting of the American road masters concerning long rails with sloping rail joints deserves attention, as the opinion of practitioners, working for many years on improvement of railway track. Recently, it has become known on particular importance of track superstructure in achieving increased speed of trains, coupled with complete safety, and therefore all attempts to improve a railway track should be welcomed, as something very desirable, promising in the near, perhaps, future great success in development of rail communication.