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Excerpt from Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Safety Covering the Investigation of an Accident Which Occurred on the Chicago Great Western Railway Near Wyeth, Mo., On January 3, 1920 There is a popular fallacy entertained that split-head rails do not constitute a dangerous type of fracture, Since at certain stages in their progress of rupture they may be detected in the track. This evidence, however, is presented at a late stage, after the necessary margin in strength in the rail has been practically exhausted, and not prior thereto. An element of danger has arisen when split-head rails are detectable in the track. An economic question is involved in the elimination of the causes of split-head failures, since many rails are removed for this cause which are not otherwise unservice able. Finally, split-head failures should not be reported as piped rails. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
