. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 75. Ratchet Drill w^hen taking out long sags. Another tool which isvery handy is a short spike puller for pulling spikeswhere the claw bar cannot be used. In lieu of some-thing better, a short pinch bar, such as engineers orcar repairers use with their jacks, can be used to ad-vantage. Bend them a little more at the heel and theywill start spikes fairly well. However, the spike USE AND CARE OF TRACK TOOLS 313 pullers offered by manufacturers are far better andhandier. Oil for wooden handles. All wooden tool
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 75. Ratchet Drill w^hen taking out long sags. Another tool which isvery handy is a short spike puller for pulling spikeswhere the claw bar cannot be used. In lieu of some-thing better, a short pinch bar, such as engineers orcar repairers use with their jacks, can be used to ad-vantage. Bend them a little more at the heel and theywill start spikes fairly well. However, the spike USE AND CARE OF TRACK TOOLS 313 pullers offered by manufacturers are far better andhandier. Oil for wooden handles. All wooden tool handlesshould be well oiled before being used; it prevents sea-. Fig. 76. Standard Track Drill son checking to a great extent and causes them to of having tools ready for use. One of the most important things in railway service is time. 314 THE TRACKMANS HELPER Time represents so much capital invested by the com-pany, and to make this investment pay dividends youmust know how to use and care for the tools you a practice of handling tools to the best advan-tage, so that in case of emergency you may be pre-pared for anything that turns up. Think for a mo-ment of the loss and inconvenience that is caused ifone of the main lines of one of our great railwaysystems is blocked for a few hours. In case of a wreckor washout, or any other accident that may happen to arailroad, and a big force is called out to repair it youcan make yourself of valuable service by knowinghow, when and where to use tools, and have them dis-tributed so that you do not have too many at one placeand too few at another. Have everything arrangedso
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