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<p>In Little Rock the Trolley Switches are buried a few inches under street level, but not so deep that the trolley wheels lose thier grip.</p><p>From what I remember, those rails had generous amounts of concrete above them and particularly the switches. The throw bar was covered by a steel access hatch and the points themselves are guarded by more pavement with signs all around because they are automatic switches and people should not walk in them.</p><p>That does not stop people from stealing the copper ground. But that is another story.</p><p>These were buried in intersections at the foot of bridge etc. I dont know about Google Earth but a shot of downtown little rock will reveal a major intersection next to the convention center that has this trackage.</p><p>Little Rock ran Trolleys until after World War Two and only recently got them running again.</p><p>One of these days Im going to have to shoot video what with the rare trip downtown.</p><p>I have crossed many railroad switches that had any type of pavement from Cobblestone to brick and Apsalt sometimes crossed the whole thing raw without any sort of consideration for the rails.</p><p>Sometimes there is much earth and the rails are sunk just far enough to allow the rail car or engine to travel and the cars suffer a rough ride unless boards are placed.</p>
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