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. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . Leaving Main Track on Portable Sections 25 Building a Railroad Laying Track. Handling Ties To Cre-lii ^ _ Laying Track on Gotn- i|H|r,ijg^jC» pleted Grade PHmHih^ Vi Crew line-iip: wSSS^K^I^t&Mgk.■■, One operator for .^^^^^^! American Ditcher. One foreman forAmerican men on tie tong runner onrail car. Eight spike spike nippermen. Usual work train average
. Building a railroad; a handbook devoted to a new, speedy and economical method of performing every operation from grading right-of-way to ballasting and maintaining track . Leaving Main Track on Portable Sections 25 Building a Railroad Laying Track. Handling Ties To Cre-lii ^ _ Laying Track on Gotn- i|H|r,ijg^jC» pleted Grade PHmHih^ Vi Crew line-iip: wSSS^K^I^t&Mgk.■■, One operator for .^^^^^^! American Ditcher. One foreman forAmerican men on tie tong runner onrail car. Eight spike spike nippermen. Usual work train average capacitj of the American as atrack laying machine is approximately two-thirds ofa mile per day. In many instances, the crew listedabove has laid, day after day, 3,250 feet in a day ofnine hours. General Remarks Suppose there is a given amount of completedgrade, or that the American has proven itself sovaluable (as has been true in many cases) that it iseasy to find profitable work for more than one. Onemachine is presumably busy ahead Ijuilding grade,driving piles, building bridges or doing somethingelse. The other American is put into a work trainof one locomotive and four flat cars, made up as follows: First, theAmerican headed inon
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