. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . American Ditcher Making Cut 8 Deep, 14 Wide,1:1 Slopes on Both Cut and Spoil Banks. 12 Building a Railroad Four telescopic track sections, each 10 ft. long,are desirable for this class of work, rather than two26 ft. sections regularly furnished with the machine,because the proper digging radius in such work onlypermits digging far enough ahead to allow the shortersections to be placed in the excavation ahead. These. ^^tel
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . American Ditcher Making Cut 8 Deep, 14 Wide,1:1 Slopes on Both Cut and Spoil Banks. 12 Building a Railroad Four telescopic track sections, each 10 ft. long,are desirable for this class of work, rather than two26 ft. sections regularly furnished with the machine,because the proper digging radius in such work onlypermits digging far enough ahead to allow the shortersections to be placed in the excavation ahead. These. ^^telteilliiiigliiMiii^iiS SCALE mIFT. American Ditcher Making Cut 15 Deep, 16 Wide at Bottom, Slopes1:1, Spoil Removed as Deposited. short track sections can usually be made right on theground from rails on hand. Ties should be spiked tothe 10 ft. track sections to hold them together and tokeep them from sinking too deeply into the freshgrade. Four telescopic sections are necessary toenable the machine to travel far enough back, to placethe section being transferred up against face of thecut. In absence of the 10 ft. track sections, the two26 ft. sections can be used as referred to on pages 16and 17. • The American can work economically in a cuthaving a 2 ft. or even lighter face, because of its full-circle action and its ability to work at all times with-out use of out-riggers of any kind. Working Against a Heavy Face The American here again demonstrates itsflexibility of performance and superiority over thesteam shovel on account of the full-circle swing,which enables it to tak
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