. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 4, Device Used in Unloading Rails From End DoorBox, Stock or Coal Cars fall to the ground on the outside of the track the other ends of the rails slide out of thecar they will fall on the A-frame and slide down andfall outside of the track rails on to the shoulder, wherethey will be out of the way. This device saves the work of about eight men, asthe rails do not have to be lifted out from betweenthe track rails, and it also saves time for the entirecrew, as they do not have to wait until the rai
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 4, Device Used in Unloading Rails From End DoorBox, Stock or Coal Cars fall to the ground on the outside of the track the other ends of the rails slide out of thecar they will fall on the A-frame and slide down andfall outside of the track rails on to the shoulder, wherethey will be out of the way. This device saves the work of about eight men, asthe rails do not have to be lifted out from betweenthe track rails, and it also saves time for the entirecrew, as they do not have to wait until the rails aretaken out of the way. The design of the strips can bevaried to suit any make or class of cars. They canalso be shifted up or down the A-frame to suit localconditions. When one car is unloaded the A-framecan be lifted off and placed on another car by fourmen and very little time is lost. OONSTRUCTION 31 This device in about this same form has been usedon the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry., EasternLines, for some little time with considerable suc-cess. List of track to
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