. 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 . ing 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 severa
. 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 . ing 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 crewconsisted of one operatorand four laborers, theoperator usually doinghis firing. Old rails, bridgetimber and heavy partsthat would require ahand crew of 20 to 25men were readily han-dled by the The Scrapping Up Trai: 38 Building a Railroad Pile Driving, Bridge and Trestle Building Putting On and Removing the Pile Driver Attachment In bridge and trestle building the shovel is removedto facilitate the handling of timbers, piles, etc., andto enable the Pile Driver attachment to be applied. The Standard Pile Driver attachment consists ofa pair of 30 ft. wooden leads with steel guides, suspen-ded from point of the boom. Leads are attached tothe revolving deck by means of substantial channelirons with latticed bracing, which form the base for aplatform. The leads may be readily moved sidewiseand bolted into position for driving batter drop hammer weighs 1500 lbs. 40 ft. leads and 2000 lb. hammer can be furnishedat slightly increased price. The American drives straight or batter pilesat any poin
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