long-welded

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   Of rails for railway track, welded into longer lengths, usually before they are laid, to…

   Of rails for railway track, welded into longer lengths, usually before they are laid, to help eliminate jointed track.

   • Rail joints affect it but do not in themselves cause bad riding, which may indeed be aggravated on long-welded track.
   • About 20 per cent of the Federal Railways' main-line track has been laid with long-welded rail by the beginning of this year; further progress is hindered by the many curves.

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