"Buckling".
. . . . . » • . "Buckling is simply a proof of bad constructing," said a well known Christchurch engineer to me yesterday. And he explained —what was patent enough when pointed oat—* ' that^ttl rails expand and contraot according to the temperature, and that in laying a line properly. " allowance ii made for thia, a email distanoe — a half-inch, a quarter of an inch, or more or lef a accordieg lo the weight of the rails— being left between the ends of the rails to petmit of this expansion. If this is not done, the rails, when expanding . ; ,.„ in hot weather, "buckle" and become dangerous. is, therefore, a plain proof that a iiae has been badly laid, and ibe , statements made that "buckling" ' occurs in many parte of the colony • ; «ee the reverse of reaMuring.*—
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Manawatu Herald, 11 January 1898, Page 2
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130"Buckling". Manawatu Herald, 11 January 1898, Page 2
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