. The Street railway journal . EXCAVATING IN 54,000-CU. YD. CUT NEAR PALMYRA the locomotive. To the rear of the locomotive are coupledthree or four cars loaded with about 900 ties. In laying thefirst track at the front, two teams are used to snake the railsahead, and two teams with three wagons distribute the this way the gang is kept continually loading ties on two WORKING OUT 13,000-YD. CUT WITH TEAMS is then laid in full from material and construction trains oper-ated on the first track, after which the balance of the tiesfor the first track are distributed and placed. The ties areh
. The Street railway journal . EXCAVATING IN 54,000-CU. YD. CUT NEAR PALMYRA the locomotive. To the rear of the locomotive are coupledthree or four cars loaded with about 900 ties. In laying thefirst track at the front, two teams are used to snake the railsahead, and two teams with three wagons distribute the this way the gang is kept continually loading ties on two WORKING OUT 13,000-YD. CUT WITH TEAMS is then laid in full from material and construction trains oper-ated on the first track, after which the balance of the tiesfor the first track are distributed and placed. The ties arehauled from the Palmyra yard on flat cars, as indicated, andare distributed while the train is in motion, a man throwingoff the ties under the direction of the foreman, who walks andcounts the number of ties required. Ties are distributed atthe rate of about 100 per minute, or sufficient for 3 miles or 4miles of track per hour. This method of distributing materialintroduces many economies in time and labor. The illustrationon p
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