. The Street railway journal . tion work is also being pushed between Lima andToledo. Fig. 1 shows one of the first stages of grading. Thisis a Port Huron steam grader. A traction engine is attachedto the grader. The grader plows and elevates the dirt into awagon driving along the side. As soon as one wagon is full, 958 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 22. the following wagon comes up to take the discharge. Anothersteam grader designed by the company is shown at work inFig. 2. The next stage in construction is shown in Figs. 3 and is a Holman track-laying machine in operation. Wi
. The Street railway journal . tion work is also being pushed between Lima andToledo. Fig. 1 shows one of the first stages of grading. Thisis a Port Huron steam grader. A traction engine is attachedto the grader. The grader plows and elevates the dirt into awagon driving along the side. As soon as one wagon is full, 958 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. 22. the following wagon comes up to take the discharge. Anothersteam grader designed by the company is shown at work inFig. 2. The next stage in construction is shown in Figs. 3 and is a Holman track-laying machine in operation. Withthis machine about 6000 ft. of track are being laid per day. Thebest record for a short time was 3000 ft. of track in three ;«\ai °* ^^MBt^K B^* gjaBKSJg*^^*- -4 %d&~\,* *■ 4CM ByviaHi «?^* BPktL) :$ JFs ^T:- I. att^*- r&* SyjpB fe~ t6j t I ■-*? EQUIPMENT FOR NEW LINK OF ILLINOIS TRACTIONSYSTEM The Illinois Traction System has recently received from theAmerican Car Company six large motor semi-convertible cars. FIG. 5.—STORAGE YARD FOR TIES AND RAILS. USED IN THEBUILDING OF THE FORT WAYNE & WABASH VALLEY RY. INTERIOR OF THE TRAILER CAR FOR THE ILLINOISTRACTION SYSTEM hours. The track-laying outfit has two troughs running thefull length of the train of flat cars; these cars being loadedwith rails and tiles. Each trough is provided with an endlesschain conveyor. In one trough ties are conveyed and depositedat the end of the train, Fig. 4. These ties are deposited at rightangles to the track and have only to be slipped backward orforward to proper position by the workmen. For every fifteenties discharged by the machine, the endless chain on the otherside discharges a rail, which is immediately slipped in place. of the Brill type as shown in the accompanying view, whichwas taken just as the cars were leaving the works for Spring-field on their own wheels. There were also two large trailercars, one of which is illustrated. The picture shows the caron a pair of short base
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