. Electric railway journal . SALVAGING RAILS IN THE BLACK HILLS BY MEANS OF AUTOTRUCK EQUIPMENT pair and there was a rank growth of grass over thetrack. A White l1/^ to 2-ton truck was used and in thefirst month of service it covered about 3300 miles, av-eraging 108 miles a day. By the use of a flat car asa trailer it was able to haul 12 tons of rails into Na-. AUTO TRUCK EQUIPMENT WHICH OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY ONABANDONED STEAM ROAD hant each trip. The truck made two round trips aday, climbing several grades as steep as 7 per cent onsecond and third gear, and registering an economyrecord of bet
. Electric railway journal . SALVAGING RAILS IN THE BLACK HILLS BY MEANS OF AUTOTRUCK EQUIPMENT pair and there was a rank growth of grass over thetrack. A White l1/^ to 2-ton truck was used and in thefirst month of service it covered about 3300 miles, av-eraging 108 miles a day. By the use of a flat car asa trailer it was able to haul 12 tons of rails into Na-. AUTO TRUCK EQUIPMENT WHICH OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY ONABANDONED STEAM ROAD hant each trip. The truck made two round trips aday, climbing several grades as steep as 7 per cent onsecond and third gear, and registering an economyrecord of better than 10 miles to a gallon of depositing its load at Nahant the truck coveredthe 27 miles to the forests on fourth speed. Oil Dripping from Ducts Gives Clue toCable Troubles A certain section of underground cable which extendedover a hill had been a source of frequent trouble, and thecause of this was by accident and reasoning found out, itis believed. An engineer inspecting the cables in a man- hole at the foot of the hill noticed oil dripping out ofthe ducts, which naturally caused him to speculate as toits source. The cable installed was of an old type inwhich an oily substance was used as part of the insula-tion. The company had previously had considerabletrouble with electrolysis in this section, but this had beeneliminated. The e
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