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Passing Comments
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IN view of our own regulations, it is interesting to note the limits which have been approved by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. Overall width, 8 ft.; height, 12 ft. 6 ins.; length, 35 ft. (vehicle, plus trailer, 45 ft.). The axle-weight limit is set at 7 tons 2 cwt. 3 qrs. Buses and lorries are considered safe up to 45 m.p.h., but those with solid tyres are regarded as fit for no more than 10 m.p.h.
IT is not often that one can listen to a speech last ing for an hour without becoming bored, but so informative and clear were the remarks made by Mr. W. Donald Scott, chairman at the Bripal. luncheon (referred to elsewhere in this issue), that the interest of everyone was well maintained. THE Southern Railway's electrification of the Brighton line has brought some extraordinary bargains into the market. Twenty-five-feet (inaximum length) oak signal posts can be bought at 2s. each for the trouble of carting them from one's own station, and a whole 30-ft. signal box, glass and all, is offered on its site at £2.
THE other day a marine-engineering concern
wanted, at a few hours' notice, a special rail track brought to the quay-side of an important British port to take delivery of a ship's propeller. The concern was advised by the railway company that propeller trucks were kept at an inland station and it would take a day or two to get one.