. American engineer and railroad journal . page 234, June, 1906; page 192, May,1907, and page 311, September, 1907. Similar work which is being done atthe South Louisville shops of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad was de-scribed on page 125 of the April. 1907, issue. Examples of work done by-forcing machines and bulldozers at the Topeka shops of the Santa Ke wereillustrated on page 463 of the December, 19C6, issue. Xo. 7 is a tie bar made from Ij4-in. round stock. The innerlug is first upset in the lower die, after which the bar is re-heated and the end lug is formed in the upper die. The s
. American engineer and railroad journal . page 234, June, 1906; page 192, May,1907, and page 311, September, 1907. Similar work which is being done atthe South Louisville shops of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad was de-scribed on page 125 of the April. 1907, issue. Examples of work done by-forcing machines and bulldozers at the Topeka shops of the Santa Ke wereillustrated on page 463 of the December, 19C6, issue. Xo. 7 is a tie bar made from Ij4-in. round stock. The innerlug is first upset in the lower die, after which the bar is re-heated and the end lug is formed in the upper die. The slot isthen punched to suit the size of the rail, by a side movementof the machine. This method is much more satisfactory thanthat of having the operator step on top of the machine and holdthe bar in a vertical position while the slot is punched by theheader. Forty thousand of these bars were made last year, atthe rate of 250 complete bars per day of ten hours. During thatlinn- no repairs were made to either the dies or punch. The dies. DIES AND FORMER FOR NO. II.
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