. Elements of railroad track and construction . Fig. 128. the rail to be broken in two. If a short piece is beingcut from the rail^ after the rail has been cut to a sufficientdepth, a blow on the end of the rail will cause it to the cut is near the center of the rail, it can be brokenafter a cut of sufficient depth has been made, by raisingthe rail and dropping it across a block raised above thegeneral ground level. Track punches, Fig. 128, B, are made of crucible steeland fastened to a hammer handle the same as a trackchisel. The punch end is slightly larger at the extreme 224 RAILRO
. Elements of railroad track and construction . Fig. 128. the rail to be broken in two. If a short piece is beingcut from the rail^ after the rail has been cut to a sufficientdepth, a blow on the end of the rail will cause it to the cut is near the center of the rail, it can be brokenafter a cut of sufficient depth has been made, by raisingthe rail and dropping it across a block raised above thegeneral ground level. Track punches, Fig. 128, B, are made of crucible steeland fastened to a hammer handle the same as a trackchisel. The punch end is slightly larger at the extreme 224 RAILROAD TRACK AND CONSTRUCTION. end than it is a distance back from the end, in order toprevent it from sticking fast when driven in. They areusually about {i oi an inch square, and are used for re-moving old bolts and rivets, and in some cases they areused to force the holes in the rail and splice-bars intoline, so that a bolt can be put in, particularly where railsof different sizes are being spliced by a special joint. Track chisels and punches
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