DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN KAIL AND TRACK. 



701 



Figs. 1-5, 12H, l'.'T, and 128* show the various standards of angle 

 splice-bars adopted by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, 

 1868, 1879, 1885, and 1890. 



1« 



Fig. 125. • Fig. 120. 



Anglr Splice Bar, Chicago, Bublingtonand Angle Splice Bar, Chicago, Burlington and 



Qltxcy Railroad, 60-Lb. Rail, 1808. Quincy Railiioad, 66-Lb. Kail, 1870. 



iwing in the U. S, Natl il Museum. ) (From a drawing in the U. S. National Museum. ) 



Fig. 127. 



Angle Splii e Bak, Chicago, Burlington and 

 Quincy Railroad, 66-Lh. Rail, 1885. 



(From a drawing in the U.S. National Museum. ) 



Fig. 128. 



Angle Splice Bar, Chicago, Burlington and 

 Quincy Railroad, 6G-Lu. Rail, lt90. 



(From a drawing in the U. S, National Museum. ) 



Mr. F. A. Delano, second vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington 

 and Quincy Railroad, in charge of the bureau of rail and joint inspec- 

 tion of that company, has compiled the following data concerning the 

 rails and joint fixtures on that road during various years, and has com- 

 municated the same to the curator by letter, from which the following- 

 abstracts have been taken : 



Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company. 



Second Vick President's Office, 

 Bureau <>k Rail and Joint Rail Inspection, Tests, and Kkcokds, 



Chicago, June 19, 1890. 



Dear Sir: Regarding your request for standard rails in use on the Chicago, Bur- 

 lington and Quincy in 1870, 1880, and 1890,1 take the liberty of going farther hack 

 than the dates you mention, in order to illustrate more Cully the development of track, 

 andshow, if possible, what the tendency lias been. 



When the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was first organized in 1854, 



* These plates are from drawings in the collection deposited by Mr. F. A. Delano, 

 second vice-president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. 



