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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1889. 



A cross-section of the " rail Vignole," about 5^- inches high, with a 

 base 5| inches wide, in use on the Chemin de fer Du Nord, France, in 

 1888, is shown in Fig. 00, which is made from a drawing in the collec- 

 tion. 



Fig. 90. 



Stevens Hail, Chemin de feu i>u Noun, France, 1888. (Called the Vignole 



Rail in Europe). 



From a ili'awing in the U. S. National Museum. 



A cross-section of the standard rail adopted by the Belgian authori- 

 ties for the government railroads, 1880, is shown in Fig. 01. This mod- 

 ification of the Stevens rail was designed by Mr. O. P. Sandberg, with 



Fig. 91. 

 Standard Hail of Belgian Government Railways, 1889. Sandisekg sectiox 



i ■'! .i 1 1 r . i w 1 1 1 ^ it! the T. S National Museum. } 



special reference to joint fixtures, cost aud speed, and the lading of the 

 trains which are to run over it. The rail is 5f inches high, with base 

 5.] inches wide, aud weighs about 100 pounds per yard. 



THE "UULL-IIEADED" RAIE. 



The bull-headed rail was originally designed with a, view to use first 

 the top and, after the top had become worn, the bottom as a running 



