. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . eaned out. Old fish plates or plain splice barsmay be sheared to length and stamped to shapefor rail braces. **In sorting, care should be taken to pick outany new or practically uninjured material whichmay, by accident, or carelessness have got in withthe scrap. When sorted the stuff should be ar-ranged so as to be easily seen and got at, but dis-crimination should be exercised so as not to storea lot of miscellaneous material on the chanc
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . eaned out. Old fish plates or plain splice barsmay be sheared to length and stamped to shapefor rail braces. **In sorting, care should be taken to pick outany new or practically uninjured material whichmay, by accident, or carelessness have got in withthe scrap. When sorted the stuff should be ar-ranged so as to be easily seen and got at, but dis-crimination should be exercised so as not to storea lot of miscellaneous material on the chance ofits being of some possible use eventually.* Inspection. Inspection of tracks should be madedaily by the track walker, twice a week by thesection boss, and once a week by the , 345 and 348 illustrate inspection cars suit-able for roadmasters, engineers, superintendentsand others when examining track or other por-tions of the property distant from depots. Thefollowing is a description of a motor inspectioncar, designed for inspection purposes. * Railway Track and Trackwork, Tratman, pp. 311-315. 4v,^6 BUILDING AND REPAIRING Fig. 345. INSPECTION HAND CAR. Especially designed for light uses in track work; made as light as pos-sible, consistent with strength Two revolving chairs on front , with chairs, 470 lbs; without chairs, 390 lbs. Wheels, wood centre,light pattern, 22 inches diameter,-or 20-inch light steel, as desired. The car weighs about 300 pounds and can bequickly put on and removed from the rails byone man, being so arranged that it can be pushedabout on one wheel by lifting up one end. Gasoline and an electric battery supply themotive power. The battery consists of a seriesof eight dry cells, which with proper care willrun the car over 900 miles. To start the car is simply to turn on the gaso-line, move a lever which connects the batterywith the cylinders—the work of but a few sec-onds. To stop—the gasoline and battery are
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