. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . orty men organized asfollows may be used to advantage in ballasting track. Number Foreman 1 Assistant Foreman, sighting track 1 Assistant Foreman, track tampers 1 FlagTuen, to furnish protection in either direction 2 Laborers, digging jack holes 1 or 2 Laborers, operating jacks 4 Laborers, tamping at jacks 4 Laborers, holding ties tight to rail 2 Laborers, driving spikes home 2 Laborers, back tampers 16 Laborers, partially filling and dressing track 4 Water carrier, supplying force mth drinking 1 Total
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . orty men organized asfollows may be used to advantage in ballasting track. Number Foreman 1 Assistant Foreman, sighting track 1 Assistant Foreman, track tampers 1 FlagTuen, to furnish protection in either direction 2 Laborers, digging jack holes 1 or 2 Laborers, operating jacks 4 Laborers, tamping at jacks 4 Laborers, holding ties tight to rail 2 Laborers, driving spikes home 2 Laborers, back tampers 16 Laborers, partially filling and dressing track 4 Water carrier, supplying force mth drinking 1 Total 40 Note: When not raising track on account of in-terference with traffic or otherwise, the time is to beemployed in finishing the dressing of track and liningthe ballast; also in cleaning out and preparing trackahead for ballast. Depth of ballast. The height to which track is tobe raised should be fixed by the engineers. The fol- BALI^STING 139 lowing figure represents a good cross section for sin-gle track roadbed together with the diagrams forbroken stone and gravel ^4 Crown. BROKEN STONE. TANGENT. \9-0
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