. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e iron rails, the on other a stone sill or string-piecewhich the iron rail should be laid. The track, as Mr. Bottomley remem-bers it, consisted of strips of iron fastenedon the top of stone. A notch was cutin the top of the curbing to accommodatethe flange of the wheel, said he, and ontop of this an iron strip was fastened bymeans of iron pins fitted into holesdrilled in the stone. So in those days astonemason was quite a necessary factorin railway construction, and after theroad was completed the section boss wasstill a stonemason. Between the tracks
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . e iron rails, the on other a stone sill or string-piecewhich the iron rail should be laid. The track, as Mr. Bottomley remem-bers it, consisted of strips of iron fastenedon the top of stone. A notch was cutin the top of the curbing to accommodatethe flange of the wheel, said he, and ontop of this an iron strip was fastened bymeans of iron pins fitted into holesdrilled in the stone. So in those days astonemason was quite a necessary factorin railway construction, and after theroad was completed the section boss wasstill a stonemason. Between the tracks laid on the stonecurbing/ he continued, was a goodroad, which was used by the horses thathauled the trains. He was asked ifboth steam power and horse power wereuse<\ at the same time and replied, Oh,yes. The passenger trains had steamlocomotives andwhen they camealong the horsespulled their freighttrains off on theswitches. At eachstation they had abig horse, equippedwith harness anda singletree, whoseduty it was to backthe trains and. PETER COOPERS TOM THUMB THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 7
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