. Railway track and track work . e used. Fig. 163 showsa bar used on the South Side Elevated Ry., Chicago (whose track cross sec-tion is shown in Fig. 94), this bar having a loose hinged tongue and beingworked parallel with the rails. The Manhattan Elevated Ry., of New York, TRACK TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. 229 uses two forms of bars, as shown in Figs. 164 and 165. The shackle barwas devised by some of the employees and works very satisfactorily. TheVerona spike puller, Fig. 166, has a rigid jaw which is slipped under thesides of the spike head, and a vertical stem with two projections to give agrip
. Railway track and track work . e used. Fig. 163 showsa bar used on the South Side Elevated Ry., Chicago (whose track cross sec-tion is shown in Fig. 94), this bar having a loose hinged tongue and beingworked parallel with the rails. The Manhattan Elevated Ry., of New York, TRACK TOOLS AND SUPPLIES. 229 uses two forms of bars, as shown in Figs. 164 and 165. The shackle barwas devised by some of the employees and works very satisfactorily. TheVerona spike puller, Fig. 166, has a rigid jaw which is slipped under thesides of the spike head, and a vertical stem with two projections to give agrip for a heeled clawbar, the heel of which rests upon the rail. Thisweighs about 1 lb. The Prout spike puller consists of a heeled bar with twoloose claws hanging in front to catch the sides of the neck of the spike,while a bearing piece at the back rests on the tie and forms a bearing forthe curved heel of the bar which rests on the rail head. The Welsh spikeand bolt puller has pivoted claws, whose rear ends form a toggle engaging. \a{ lbs.
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