. 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 . ,to where a straight lift can be obtained, thenswung around and dropped into place on thegrade or trestle. Two men on tie cars keep theties piled up ready for machine to take tong runner hooks tongs onto the rail, andpasses the chain back to men on the tie cars. Themachine then swings around, picks up a rail, andslewing around to the front, deposits it on the , bolts and angle bars are carried on carw
. 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 . ,to where a straight lift can be obtained, thenswung around and dropped into place on thegrade or trestle. Two men on tie cars keep theties piled up ready for machine to take tong runner hooks tongs onto the rail, andpasses the chain back to men on the tie cars. Themachine then swings around, picks up a rail, andslewing around to the front, deposits it on the , bolts and angle bars are carried on carwith the machine. An analysis of laying 3,250 feet of track on com-pleted grade in nine hours with the American isinteresting. The items are as follows: This length of track involves the laying of 108sections or panels of complete track, each 30 feet, orrail length, long. This means 216 rails, 214 pairsof angle bars, 856 track bolts, 1,944 track ties and7,776 spikes. Ninehours are equal to 540minutes. Laying 108rail-length sections inthat time allows justfive minutes for allows the two inenon the tie car four andone-half minutes to pilethe 16 or 18 ties which. Building a Railroad
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