. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 65. Hand Car Wheels: 20 diameter, Buda pressed steel. Axles: ly/ diameter, open hearth steel. Taperwheel fit. Weight: 525 pounds. Gears: Eegularly equipped with machine-cuthelical gears. Can equip with cut spur gears, if de-sired, 292 THE TRACKMANS HELPER Platform: 6 feet long by 4 feet, 5 inches wide. Remarks: For roads having block signals withtrack circuit, this car can be insulated. The modern type of section car is motor driven andeffects very considerable economy, due to saving thetime and strength of
. The trackman's helper, a handbook for track foremen, supervisors and engineers . Fig. 65. Hand Car Wheels: 20 diameter, Buda pressed steel. Axles: ly/ diameter, open hearth steel. Taperwheel fit. Weight: 525 pounds. Gears: Eegularly equipped with machine-cuthelical gears. Can equip with cut spur gears, if de-sired, 292 THE TRACKMANS HELPER Platform: 6 feet long by 4 feet, 5 inches wide. Remarks: For roads having block signals withtrack circuit, this car can be insulated. The modern type of section car is motor driven andeffects very considerable economy, due to saving thetime and strength of the men. Cost of operating motor cars. Mr. J. L. Walshof the M. K. & T. Railway says in Ry. Age Gaz. thatin 1913 and 1914 this organization was furnished 10. Fig. 66. Gasoline Motor Section Car Fairbanks-Morse No. 32 motor cars at a total cost of$2,444. These cars in 13 months made 80,465 miles,consuming 2,701 gallons of gasoline at a cost of$, with oil and other supplies costing $ mileage was per gallon of gasoline. Upon putting the cars in service on the Kansas Citydivision the number of sections was reduced from 16to 12 of eight miles each. The total cost of tracklabor for 13 months decreased $3,, which lie at-tributes to the use of these cars. USE AND CAKE OF TRACK TOOLS 293 111 proportioning the money saved he considers thatthe largest saving was going to and from work, sinceunder ordinary conditions the cars will make a speedof 20 miles per hour, enabling the men to start towork fresh from 30 to 45 minutes earlier than theywould on the hand car, and allowing them to work acorrespondingly larger number of hours withoutgreater fatigue. The total saving thus effected at 13,-134 man hours amounted to $1,,
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