The Development of the Railway System in Northumberland and Durham

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Excerpt from The Development of the Railway System in Northumberland and Durham: 7th November, 1901In 1767 the plate-rail was introduced. It consisted of a short cast-iron plate with a vertical ¿ange projecting upwards to retain the wheels in position, the wheels being without ¿anges these were fastened direct on to the sleepers An improvement was afterwards made by the addition of a curved ¿ange on the underside to give additional strength. The use of the word platelayer, to denominate a surface man, has survived the plates he used to lay a hundred years ago. The great objection to these tram-plates was the friction of the wheels against the ¿ange, and their liability to become choked with dirt. Iron tramways were in use in South Wales for many years before they were adopted on the Tyne.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.