. 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 . n in illustra-tion herewith. General Remarks Unfavorable climatic or^^^^ , weather conditions do not ijHP^^^Si^ handicap the American as gts^ ^- , they do the hand crew, and h *■ when the work is tied up the outlay is reduced to the min-imum. The American elimi-nates horses with their driversand upkeep; it reduces e-quipment to a minimum and cuts out many of thecauses for worry. The American makes a splendid showing in
. 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 . n in illustra-tion herewith. General Remarks Unfavorable climatic or^^^^ , weather conditions do not ijHP^^^Si^ handicap the American as gts^ ^- , they do the hand crew, and h *■ when the work is tied up the outlay is reduced to the min-imum. The American elimi-nates horses with their driversand upkeep; it reduces e-quipment to a minimum and cuts out many of thecauses for worry. The American makes a splendid showing inemergencies, or under adverse circumstances wherethe hand crew makes small headway at a bigexpense. The American works every minute, rainor shine, making the most of all available timebetween trains on the main line. •«?^«.. V Widening Shoulders of Grade 46 Building a Railroad Cut Widening and Removing Slides It is often desirableto put the line throughin the least time possibleand get traffic started,putting the finishingtouches on later. Certain cuts mayha\e a tendency to slideIjadly and cause trouble;it may be desirable toclean them out andmake room for snow,. Ditcher Widening a Cut or the material may berequired for a fill. In widening a cut with theAmerican, a good ditch can be left on the outsideof the grade that is impossible to make with thesteam shovel, or with the hand crew. Flat Car Work Train Crew line-lip: One operator for American Ditcher. One fireman for American Ditcher. One laborer or handy flat car equipment is used, cars of at least80,000 lbs. capacity, in good condition, must be fur-nished. Enough cars should be supplied to enable the American to load dirt as long as train ■■SBBKP*^**;^- clearance will permit, or H as the length of haul ^^^MSK,.. >. and number of work i; trains in service suggest. The A mericanloads a car, travels overon the portable tracksections to the nextempty flat and pro- cleaning in, a side
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