. 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 . Making a Good^Dil^h 52 ^iiildint^ a Railroad. Shifting Foflable Track Section General Remarks After constructing; ;iroad, the AmericanRailroad Ditcher willalways remain an inclis-pensable maintenancepi^^v machine, ditching the :-;»,>««::-■:-•--■ cuts so that the grade will remain high anddry. The American displaces from 50 to 150 laborersin ditching right-of-way, reducing the yardage ex-pense for putting material on th
. 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 . Making a Good^Dil^h 52 ^iiildint^ a Railroad. Shifting Foflable Track Section General Remarks After constructing; ;iroad, the AmericanRailroad Ditcher willalways remain an inclis-pensable maintenancepi^^v machine, ditching the :-;»,>««::-■:-•--■ cuts so that the grade will remain high anddry. The American displaces from 50 to 150 laborersin ditching right-of-way, reducing the yardage ex-pense for putting material on the car from 20c to$ per yard by the hand crew method, to aslow as 3c per yard with the American. The plunger at boom point forces material throughthe dipper that will not fall out of its own weight,and avoids use of choke mouth type of dippercommon on all steam sho\els to encourage stickymaterial to fall out. When flat car work train is used the Americantravels over the cars on the portable track sections,which it rapidly transfers from one car to another,loading the train as it goes. It will dig any width of ditch reciuired, from a mini-mum of approximately 3 ft. to a maximum of 23 end of the
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