. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . nk of woodor a spike to increase the leverage, and which is seldomor never thought of until the moment it is the spikes are pulled out of one or twoties in every rail length, and the track is raised fromthe tops of theties. This method also causes a con-siderable loss of time, pulling the spikes and respik-ing the ties, besides the injury done the ties when theold spike holes are left open to rot the wood. Raisingtrack with a lever pulls the rails out of line muchmore than raising it with a jack
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . nk of woodor a spike to increase the leverage, and which is seldomor never thought of until the moment it is the spikes are pulled out of one or twoties in every rail length, and the track is raised fromthe tops of theties. This method also causes a con-siderable loss of time, pulling the spikes and respik-ing the ties, besides the injury done the ties when theold spike holes are left open to rot the wood. Raisingtrack with a lever pulls the rails out of line muchmore than raising it with a jack, and makes it moredifficult to put back into place, often loosening thespikes where the ballast is heavy, and the track is laidwith soft ties. In order to avoid accidents when track is beingraised, the track jack should be set on the outside of 310 THE TRACKMANS HELPER the rail. In this position the pilot of an engine, if itshould strike the jack, will knock it clear of therails. But there is no necessity of using a track jackimmediately ahead of the passage of trains, or when. Fig. 73. Pony Car they are due at that point, and the men can be em-ployed at other work for the time. Track jacks placedinside the rails which could not be removed in time,have caused the derailment of numerous trains. Al- USE AND CARE OF TRACK TOOLS 311 ways properly protect yourself with flags when using ajack Rail benders and jim crow. Almost every sectionhas more or less kinky rails, and with these tools thejoints can be straightened where they are crowded outtoo much. First, pull the spikes and plug the holes
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