. Building and repairing railways . ,fields, etc.* Tie Plates. Tie plates of various styles andtheir use have been described in another method of preparing the tie to properly bedthem, and the method of placing them true togauge, will now be stated. The Ware tie platesurfacer and gauge is probably more used thanany other; it admits of both ends of a tie, how-ever roughly hewn,being brought to the same planeat points where tie plates are to be embeddedor rails to rest. The tie plates can be embeddedinto the ties before they are placed in the trackand when hewn ties are used, whether
. Building and repairing railways . ,fields, etc.* Tie Plates. Tie plates of various styles andtheir use have been described in another method of preparing the tie to properly bedthem, and the method of placing them true togauge, will now be stated. The Ware tie platesurfacer and gauge is probably more used thanany other; it admits of both ends of a tie, how-ever roughly hewn,being brought to the same planeat points where tie plates are to be embeddedor rails to rest. The tie plates can be embeddedinto the ties before they are placed in the trackand when hewn ties are used, whether tie platesare used or not, they can be properly surfaced atthe points where the rails are to rest, in advanceof the work of putting ties into the track. TheWare tie plate surfacer and gauge is illustratedby Fig. 318. To practically apply this tool it is to be firstadjusted so that the heads 1 and 2 will be the *The reader is referred to Appendix J for practice of Penn-sylvania and Northern Pacific Railways. MAINTENANCE OF WAV. 365. Fig. 318. THE WARE TIE PLATE SURFACER AND GAUGE. I perspective of the combined Tie Plato Surfacer and la an elevation of the tool showing its us> on a tie to ascertain thelevel of the same at points where the tie plates are to be embedded. [isa plan showing the tool as used to square and gauge the tie elevation showing the tool as used for testing the level of the i m«bedded tie plates. L is the pan showing the implement as osed for gauging tie plates afterties are put in the track. 366 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. proper distance apart to correspond with the de-sired track gauge and with the dimensions ofthe tie plates that are to be used. The surfacers,4, are brought accurately into the same plane,and the thumb screw, 8, is then tightened tosecure the adjustable head. Where hewTn ties are to be used, it will gen-erally be necessary to determine the level ofthe points where the tie plates B are to be embeddedor set. This i
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