. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . he track level should be used continu-ally, especially on track which was never ballasted, orwhich was surfaced hurriedly without using a you have surfaced a piece of track to a perfect level,then you can sight the depressions in the surface with-out using the spirit level when going over it a secondtime if the track has not become rough. Section foremen in charge of new track should makeit their business to improve the line and surface asfast as possible with the force allowed them, beforethe track set
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . he track level should be used continu-ally, especially on track which was never ballasted, orwhich was surfaced hurriedly without using a you have surfaced a piece of track to a perfect level,then you can sight the depressions in the surface with-out using the spirit level when going over it a secondtime if the track has not become rough. Section foremen in charge of new track should makeit their business to improve the line and surface asfast as possible with the force allowed them, beforethe track settles or the ballast becomes a solid the ties and rails are new is the time to makea good track. Track wrenches. Each section should have as manytrack wrenches as there are men in the gang. It takesa little practice to use a wrench quickly and handily. 308 THE TRACKMANS HELPER The nuts should be well tightened and then hit withthe hammer and tightened again. Where nutlocksare used nuts will not need to be as tight as wherethere are none. Wrenches should be made of one. Fig. 72. Typical Track Jack piece of steel, and have four sides to the jaws, so as tofit square or hexagonal nuts. Monkey wrenches. One should go with every hand-car. Dont use it for a hammer; keep it in good work-ing order to tighten nuts. USE AND CARE OF TRACK TOOLS 309 Drawing knives and hand axes are very handy forputting in new handles and are often useful whenmaking repairs around tool houses or other need to be kept very sharp and should have aspecial place in the tool house. A grindstone is a most necessary tool and should beturned steadily and tools held square to avoid wearingthe face of the stone unevenly. Track jacks. Every section foreman should have atrack jack along with his other track tools, and heshould always carry it with him on the hand car, andhave it ready to use whenever it is necessary to raisetrack. A good track jack is one of the best and mosteconomical tools th
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