. 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 . high enough tomount the chamferedends of the portablerails. Now turn theshovel or boom end ofthe opposite direction fromto tra\el, picking up ashovelful of earth, if convenient. This additionalweight tends to make opposite end of machine lighterso it will easily mount the portable track the travelling gear in lightly and the wheelsin contact with portable track section will quicklymount same. Now turn boom a
. 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 . high enough tomount the chamferedends of the portablerails. Now turn theshovel or boom end ofthe opposite direction fromto tra\el, picking up ashovelful of earth, if convenient. This additionalweight tends to make opposite end of machine lighterso it will easily mount the portable track the travelling gear in lightly and the wheelsin contact with portable track section will quicklymount same. Now turn boom around in directionin which machine is to travel, which makes the rearend lighter, and the wheels under the rear of machinewill mount the track section, and the standard gaugewheels are clear of the surface track. The narrowgauge portable track section is then put into posi-tion at end of the wide gauge section, and by means of the chamfered ends of rails where they tele-scope, the turn to rightor left may be very pro-nounced until the ma-chine is entirely clearof the permanent operation is re-versed when the machineis placed back on thestandard gauge Leaving Main Track on Portable Sections 25 Building a Railroad Laying Track
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