Show Railroad men have been 1 experiment ing with longer rails The regular length is thirty feet arid a sixtyfoot rail has been tried in Us stead it was all right only It did not afford spaccc enough for expansion In hot weather The longer thc rail thn Ower the joints H in the track and the fewer the jolts but the expansion ot railroad Iron In hot weather is a troublesome factor Tho Baltimore Sun says It Is belfcved that the standard rail hereafter will be for tyflvo feet long The 100pound rail for which so much was hoped la found not to possess the advantages expected of It and a lighter ralf will take its I place The big rail wears only on the tread and on curves lasta no longer than the eightypound rail Even on I a straight truck it wears and batters I at the end just aa fast as the lighter rail After tho tread and ends arc I worn and battered tlC great bulk of the material useless except for scrap Many railroad men believe that eighty fIve pounds to the yard and fortyfive feet in length Is to be the coming standard |