. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . ediatelyafter the passage of the unloading train. Piling ties. The usual practice is to put fifty tiesin a pile. Some roads place them in square pileswhile others pile them in pyramids or A-shaped pilesat right angles to the track. See Fig. 12 for Correctand Wrong Methods of Piling Ties, indicatingP. R. R. practice, as given in the Ry. Age Gazette,Feb. 19, 1915. Tie inspection. Large railroads usually have a sys-tem of markings for the foreman the ties which are SUMMER TRACK WORK 93 to be renewed on his section
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . ediatelyafter the passage of the unloading train. Piling ties. The usual practice is to put fifty tiesin a pile. Some roads place them in square pileswhile others pile them in pyramids or A-shaped pilesat right angles to the track. See Fig. 12 for Correctand Wrong Methods of Piling Ties, indicatingP. R. R. practice, as given in the Ry. Age Gazette,Feb. 19, 1915. Tie inspection. Large railroads usually have a sys-tem of markings for the foreman the ties which are SUMMER TRACK WORK 93 to be renewed on his section during the season. Thisis done early in the spring or as soon as the frost isout of the ties by the tie inspector, who goes overevery mile of track and marks with white paint therail over the ties that it is considered necessary torenew. Ties that are questionable are tested with apick to ascertain the extent to which they are decayedand a record is kept of the number to be renewed ineach mile or quarter mile, showing how many are oncurves and how many on tangent. The record is.
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