Welding new rail at 50th and Girard. 80-foot sections of plain T-rail are pre-fabricated, and welded. Traditional trolley girder rail is only used in curves. Concrete will be poured around the track area, and the remaining belgian block in the curb lanes overlayed with blacktop.

Mike Szilagyi photo, August 8, 2001





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