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Image 6. Grading old rails for rerolling. The rails standing upright have been measured and graded according to their degree of head wear, for rerolling to A, B and C sections as marked at ends.
Details scanned from the original print: a. Inspected & Graded Rails - Marked - A-B-C b. Inspected & Graded Rails - Marked - A-B-C-Details c. Inspected & Graded Rails - Marked - Three Each A-B-C for Comparison with US Pat. No. 1,212,364 by George Langford, Sr. d. The Three Workmen Overlooking Their Product
The rails are actually elongated just enough to allow the cropping of the ends containing the rail's original splice-bar holes. See Image 13.
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