. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . ldbe handled with more care than heavy handcars, asshocks and derailments are liable to cause sprains orbreaks. While these damages may be repaired, it isusually found that the car does not run as easily as be-fore, on account of failure to restore exact former con-ditions. Rough usage in loading and unloadingspeeders for shipment is frequently the cause of a carrunning heavy. Personal attention to this feature,instead of leaving it to the baggageman or freighthandlers, will lessen the labor of pumping. A speede
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . ldbe handled with more care than heavy handcars, asshocks and derailments are liable to cause sprains orbreaks. While these damages may be repaired, it isusually found that the car does not run as easily as be-fore, on account of failure to restore exact former con-ditions. Rough usage in loading and unloadingspeeders for shipment is frequently the cause of a carrunning heavy. Personal attention to this feature,instead of leaving it to the baggageman or freighthandlers, will lessen the labor of pumping. A speeder which is used regularly should becleaned periodically. The ball bearings and retainersshould be removed and thoroughly cleaned with kero- USE AND CARE OF TRACK TOOLS 297 sene. Examine the bearings for rough spots and iffound replace with new parts. When replacing, packthe ball bearings in a generous amount of clean vase-line. Under heavy loads or usage a grinding or screech-ing will sometimes develop in the wheel bearings, al-though they may be well oiled. This denotes a worn. Fig. 68. Single Speeder retaining cup or a broken ball bearing. These shouldbe replaced at once, else the damage will spread toall the ball bearings, the cups and the axle, besides in-creasing the labor necessary to propel the car. Attention to the details mentioned, by the man whohas considerable pumping to do, will result in the sav-ing of a great deal of unnecessary hard labor. The 298 THE TRACKMANS HELPER writer has found this to be true by trying it out. Inone season from March to September, inclusive, thewriter has, with a partner, covered over 2,500 mileson a No. 3 velocipede car. By keeping the car inproper condition a mileage of 56 miles was made inone day, and 65 miles the following day; these dis-tances heing over ordinary track and grades, includingthe climbing of a long divide; one day facing a head-wind and the following day pumping with the wind.
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