. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . A. P. & M. B. Vaughan. Fig. 100.—Anti-Creepers. 64. Bumping Posts.—Fig. 102 illustrates different types ofbumping posts. The rail in the ElUs post is anchored downahead of the post by four l|-in. anchor rods, extending into theground 5 ft. 6 ins. to an anchor timber, and the resulting reactionwhen the car hits the post is supposed to be vertical. Therails next the post are connected to the adjacent rails by extralong splice bars with eight bolts to each pair of splices. In theHercules post, a coil spring is placed back of the bump
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . A. P. & M. B. Vaughan. Fig. 100.—Anti-Creepers. 64. Bumping Posts.—Fig. 102 illustrates different types ofbumping posts. The rail in the ElUs post is anchored downahead of the post by four l|-in. anchor rods, extending into theground 5 ft. 6 ins. to an anchor timber, and the resulting reactionwhen the car hits the post is supposed to be vertical. Therails next the post are connected to the adjacent rails by extralong splice bars with eight bolts to each pair of splices. In theHercules post, a coil spring is placed back of the bumping sur-face with the intent gradually to absorb the shock given by thecar. Wheel stops consisting of a series of corrugations over 168 RAILWAY MAINTENANCE.
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