109 LB./YD. flat bottom track, wheel batter on crossing noses. Initial tests with facing crossings having hardened point rails (E-078)

Report No. E.56, dated 17th July, 1953, recommended a revised design of top planing to 109 lb./yd. flat bottom point rails in order to reduce vertical deformation of facing crossing [text omitted as illegible] due to wheel [text omitted as illegible]. This report describes an initial service trial with...