. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . o be pulled up, and the rope passing throughboth blocks draws the wagon within reach of the jib of thecrane. This takes it up bodily and places it on the rails. It isalso frequently used for pulling a wagon on to the road, where,for instance, an engine cannot pass. The second appliance is called a ramp. There are rightand left hand ramps. These are used for getting wagons on tothe rails when they have runoff. The ramp is so constructedas to fit the rail at one end, A,and the sleeper at the other, ramp has two spikes orcla
. Our iron roads: their history, construction and administration . o be pulled up, and the rope passing throughboth blocks draws the wagon within reach of the jib of thecrane. This takes it up bodily and places it on the rails. It isalso frequently used for pulling a wagon on to the road, where,for instance, an engine cannot pass. The second appliance is called a ramp. There are rightand left hand ramps. These are used for getting wagons on tothe rails when they have runoff. The ramp is so constructedas to fit the rail at one end, A,and the sleeper at the other, ramp has two spikes orclaws at the end which rests onthe sleeper, and these are fixedimmediately in front of thewheel of the wagon which itis intended to pull on the ramps are forged out ofthe solid, having a flange on A RAMI> the right side of C, and a jaw, A, on the top nearest the rail,which guides the wagon wheel into position. Either two or fourof these ramps can be used at the same time for a wagon, accord-ing as may best suit its position off the road. As soon as the.
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