. 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 . Ditcher Handling Ties 37 Biiildhig a Railroad. WIWWV^ Loading Old Material a crew of men damages itbadly at times. (5) The Americanpulls in rails from a distanceand from locations that wouldbe impossible for a handcrew. Handling Ties In loading or unloading ties, M y^g^u/f ^-jjgfii ^^^ Afnericafi and a crew IfjiMfe^H. ^^^^^ ^^m of 5 or 6 men will easily do the work of a hand crew ofPH 25 or 30 men. The Amer-ic
. 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 . Ditcher Handling Ties 37 Biiildhig a Railroad. WIWWV^ Loading Old Material a crew of men damages itbadly at times. (5) The Americanpulls in rails from a distanceand from locations that wouldbe impossible for a handcrew. Handling Ties In loading or unloading ties, M y^g^u/f ^-jjgfii ^^^ Afnericafi and a crew IfjiMfe^H. ^^^^^ ^^m of 5 or 6 men will easily do the work of a hand crew ofPH 25 or 30 men. The Amer-ican commences at one endof the train of flats, travelingover them on the portabletrack sections, loading the ties or other materialas itgoes. It pulls in the material from a distance andlifts it out of hollows, etc. One prominent Southern road with severalAmerican Ditchers purchased another Americanand flat car equipment for exclusive use in loadingties over the system and unloading them at theircreosoting plants. Clean-Up TrainA Western road has used one of their Amer-icans exclusively in this capacity for 5 or 6 years,picking up old material along the right-of-way andunloading it at their material yards. Machine
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