. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . nly between and overthe ties for the surfacing crew is the final act of ballast-ing. A home-made spreader is shown in the illustra-tion accompanying. This is made by hooking twopieces of ^-in. wrought iron into pockets in eitherend of the machine truck, bending the iron downtoward the rail and back up, providing for droppingin two good cross ties, so that the lower one justclears the rails. This covers all the low spots,
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . nly between and overthe ties for the surfacing crew is the final act of ballast-ing. A home-made spreader is shown in the illustra-tion accompanying. This is made by hooking twopieces of ^-in. wrought iron into pockets in eitherend of the machine truck, bending the iron downtoward the rail and back up, providing for droppingin two good cross ties, so that the lower one justclears the rails. This covers all the low spots, buta more elaborate device of A shape could be easilyarranged. The spreader can be placed on either endof the machine; it ballasts and spreads in either direc-tion. It is impossible for sand or dirt to get into thetraveling gears of the American, as they are allthoroughly enclosed and run in oil. The machine pushes the spreader under its ownpower, spreading the material evenly out to the endsof the ties. A Southern road used one of their Americansextensively for flushing the fill, or widening theshoulders of grade, by setting the dipper into the 45 Building a Railroad. material after it had beenplowed off, and moving thetrain forward slowly undersignal from the Ditcher op-erator, as shown in illustra-tion herewith. General Remarks Unfavorable climatic or^^^^ , weather conditions do not ijHP^^^Si^ handicap the American as gts^ ^- , they do the hand crew, and h *■ when the work is tied up the outlay is reduced to the min-imum. The American elimi-nates horses with their driversand upkeep; it reduces e-quipment to a minimum and cuts out many of thecauses for worry. The American makes a splendid showing inemergencies, or under adverse circumstances wherethe hand crew makes small headway at a bigexpense. The American works every minute, rainor shine, making the most of all available timebetween trains on the main line. •«?^«.. V Widening Shoulders of Grade 46 Building a Rail
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