. The Street railway journal . CONVEYING PUNCH ON ROAD general manager of the Southern Ohio Traction Company, Hamil-ton, Ohio. This punch contains many advantageous features, andits operation during the electrification of this steam road has beenmost satisfactory. The engravings show clearly the general appearance of the deviceand the method of punching rails while using it. The rail on theroad mentioned is 60-lb T, and was punched through the web for long bonds. The machine shown, however, is of sufficient powerto punch any sized T-rail up to 85 lbs. per yd., with a hole diameter. The p
. The Street railway journal . CONVEYING PUNCH ON ROAD general manager of the Southern Ohio Traction Company, Hamil-ton, Ohio. This punch contains many advantageous features, andits operation during the electrification of this steam road has beenmost satisfactory. The engravings show clearly the general appearance of the deviceand the method of punching rails while using it. The rail on theroad mentioned is 60-lb T, and was punched through the web for long bonds. The machine shown, however, is of sufficient powerto punch any sized T-rail up to 85 lbs. per yd., with a hole diameter. The punch is fastened securely to the track by a smallset screw, as shown in the second cut, and the die is placedagainst the web of the rail to steady the small punch. This punchis only about 1J/2 ins. long, and can be renewed readily at small ex-pense. The device is also applicable for punching holes through the. PUNCH IN USE foot of the rail; in this case a beveled die is employed instead ofthe straight one which is used in punching through the web. Twomen can easily carry the apparatus, as shown, and it is readily re-moved from the track, a great advantage on roads where frequentservice is maintained. The punch illustrated has been operated overalmost 100 miles of rail, and, as the only wearing part is the small,ready renewable punch, it is still in first-class condition. While itis absolutely necessary to employ some device of this kind on roadsthat are being converted from steam to electrical operation, it is notunusual practice for new roads to buy their rails without havingbond holes punched at the mills and do the drilling and punchingthemselves after the rail is laid. As the price of punching at themills is about $1 per ton, and a conservative estimate ofthe cost of punching by the device above described is about 50cents per ton, considerable saving can be effected. With a gangof five
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