. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . th the topsof the ties. At the ends of the ties theballast shall be 1^2 below the topsof the ties. The berm shall slope offevenly for a distance of 5 yK^ fromgauge side of the rails. On doubletrack the space between the insiderails must be filled to the level of thetops of the ties. The ballast under the ties must betamped from the ends to a point 18inches inside the rail, the remainderbeing filled in and lightly ties must be tamped to a \miformbearing and for the full width underthe ties. A sufficient ntimber of anticreepersshall be used to
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . th the topsof the ties. At the ends of the ties theballast shall be 1^2 below the topsof the ties. The berm shall slope offevenly for a distance of 5 yK^ fromgauge side of the rails. On doubletrack the space between the insiderails must be filled to the level of thetops of the ties. The ballast under the ties must betamped from the ends to a point 18inches inside the rail, the remainderbeing filled in and lightly ties must be tamped to a \miformbearing and for the full width underthe ties. A sufficient ntimber of anticreepersshall be used to prevent rail anticreepers are used bothrails must be anchored to the sametie to prevent the latter from sluing. The tracks will be put in good lineand surface and must be satisfactoryto the Railroad Companys engineerassigned to the work. It is under-stood the track will be given a work-manlike finish. All surplus material will be as-sembled at designated points. Theright-of-way will be left in a neat andorderly THE HftNDLE BROKE ANDBILL THREW IT WYAY- THE PICK BROKE ANDJOHN THREW IT AYVAY- AND THIS MAN TMirtK? OFOUND THEM - IT OVE F{ l 14 Baliimore and Ohio Magazine, June, 1921 On Time By Edgar White WORD leaked out of the Kan-sas City underworld one win-try afternoon that BarneyBranisette, train and bank robber,notorious motor bandit and danger-ous gunman, was going to take thenight train to St. Louis; that hewould meet some pals there and plananother big raid in the South. Thegang had cleaned up pretty well inthe Fall, but money bums in suchhands as those, and the campaign forfresh sinews of war is always on. A strong force of plain clothes menkept vigil at the Union Station, scan-ning every face, watching intently foranything like a suspicious move byany in the hurrying throngs. As the information did not statewhich road the bandit would take, anemissary of the law was assigned toeach train to cross the state thatnight. Bring in Barney dead or ali
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