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Fig 2.— Right of Way With Protection Strips on Both Sides. 



W — Strips of Bare Karth. 



of j-tiip^ ill |Min' nil >aiiil iiiii!-t lie lit'twtH*n 

 sixty ami tM>;ht_v years. A too '•hurt rotation 

 is to lio avoi'ii'il, for a ^-trip ouly liocoines of 

 wfe when it r«'achos a hoi^,'ht equal to that 

 of tho fnmicl of th<* loi'Oiiiotivo. 



SiiiiT thi' -laiim'r of >|iarks llyinj; far i- 

 esjKTially jjri'at if tho wind lin«ls nothiiiK to 

 chotk it on I'ither >^i<lo of the track, there 

 for<' lioth >iiles of the ri^ht of way niu>t 

 never l>e iiit at the same time; at !• 

 side nm>t lie left. The stands l.i-l: 

 protection strip, too, must not Ik? cut and 

 replanted as lonj; a-n tho proteetinR trees 

 are so low that they do not fully pre\eiit 

 sparks from tlyiiijj ov«'r them. 



If reforestation mu»t take place behind 

 an in.Mufficient protection system, then u 

 second protection strip must Jk> lai'l out e» 

 actly like the first, and he kept up until 

 the first strip is a sufficient protection. 



Cuts, Curves and Fills. 



The dan^jer i-< leu^t it the road r •- 

 thron>;h a cut that is >o de«"p that the 

 of the smokestack does not reach a 

 edge. In this ca.'e, a >trip thret- \- 

 between the edge of the cut and th. 



enough. Since, however, thee ■! 



generally short and the air oirrn 

 cult to judge, it >eems in n 

 sary to carry the .I'i foot \ 

 past the^e also. 



The danger is esjH'cially great on 'I'c .m 

 vex side of curves. Often her* the 



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of the railway i« fh 



prevailing win.j, wd 



not coincide, with ti 



are thrown in large > 



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the stand inu-t I c . !.. >• ■. 



ampli- height. 



makes no .iiiVer. . . 



ing train cannot eml out enough to 'r\ 



directly to the crown;". 



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