. Railway age gazette . The Oxweld Station at the Reclamation Plant maximum of 2 in. About 90 per cent of the shovels which cometo the reclamation plant in the scrap may be reclaimed in thisway. A typical month shows the reclaiming of 418 track shovelswith a saving of between $90 and $100. Another special feature is that of cable repairs. A largeamount of valuable material of this sort is lost on many roadsl)ecause of the lack of an expert in splicing and repairing the October. JHl RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION 535 cables. Realizing this, the superintendent of the reclamation plantde
. Railway age gazette . The Oxweld Station at the Reclamation Plant maximum of 2 in. About 90 per cent of the shovels which cometo the reclamation plant in the scrap may be reclaimed in thisway. A typical month shows the reclaiming of 418 track shovelswith a saving of between $90 and $100. Another special feature is that of cable repairs. A largeamount of valuable material of this sort is lost on many roadsl)ecause of the lack of an expert in splicing and repairing the October. JHl RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHANICAL EDITION 535 cables. Realizing this, the superintendent of the reclamation plantdeliberately set out to locate a competent man to do this sort ofwork, preferably with experience in the navy. The result hasbeen most gratifying. BL.\CKSMITH SHOP The blacksmith shop works over a large number of parts whichcome to it more or less damaged, and manufactures a considerable. Welding Car Bolsters with the Oxy-Acetylene Process amount of material from scrap. It is showing a profit of from$1,500 to $1,800 a week. Track tools of all kinds, includingadzes, spike mauls, clay picks, claw bars, lining bars and tamp-ing bars are straightened and re-dressed. Broken coil springsare heated and drawn out with an air machine and are thenmade into jack bars, lining bars, drift pins and similar parts. Alarge shear is provided for shearing the coupler yoke rivets and
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