. 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 . and cheaply, and goI back to end of the steelI with the work train. Handling Rails In handling steel, de-pending upon conditionsas to climate, weather, ground level, location of railsto track, etc., the American and 5 to 8 men willdisplace an all hand crew of 25 to 30 laborers. The American will easily unload from cars tostock pile, 10 cars of 100 rails each (1000 rails) in10 hours, at a cost for machine expense and labor
. 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 . and cheaply, and goI back to end of the steelI with the work train. Handling Rails In handling steel, de-pending upon conditionsas to climate, weather, ground level, location of railsto track, etc., the American and 5 to 8 men willdisplace an all hand crew of 25 to 30 laborers. The American will easily unload from cars tostock pile, 10 cars of 100 rails each (1000 rails) in10 hours, at a cost for machine expense and labor,of $; actual cost of handling rails less than 3cper ton. It has, on a test, unloaded 100-100 to stock pile in 45 minutes at a cost of $ Remarks (1) The American handles 100 lb. rail as easilyas 30 lb., while the heavier the steel the less the handcrew accomplishes. (2) The American loads into a gondola as eas-ily as onto a flat, and it is next to impossible formen to load into a gondola. (3) The Amer-ican lays the raildown easily, and themen drop it. Theday for dropping railshas passed. (4) The Amer-ican does not injurethe ballast berm, and. Ditcher Handling Ties 37 Biiildhig a Railroad
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