. 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 . 43 Building a Railroad Ballasting and Spreading. Ditcher Ballasting Track Crew line-up: One operator forAmerican Ditcher. One fireman forAmerican man and the track islaid on the new grade,the American travelsover the track on the standard gauge auxiliary truckwheels, digging and spreading the ballast as it cost of both ballasting and spreading is includedin the one operation. 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 . 43 Building a Railroad Ballasting and Spreading. Ditcher Ballasting Track Crew line-up: One operator forAmerican Ditcher. One fireman forAmerican man and the track islaid on the new grade,the American travelsover the track on the standard gauge auxiliary truckwheels, digging and spreading the ballast as it cost of both ballasting and spreading is includedin the one operation. The American digs thematerial from either side, and places it on the trackin front. The one laborer works in front of themachine to remove roots and rocks that might inter-fere with the machine passing over the material inthe act of spreading. The American easily ballasts and spreads 2,000ft. of track in 10 hours at a cost of $ per stationof 100 ft., or $ per day, when sufficient materialcan be obtained from the sides. This estimate in-cludes a liberal amount for upkeep, interest, deprecia-tion, etc. The maximum dig-ging depth of 8 ft. 4 rail on which ma-chine sets, and maxi-mum digging radius of30 f
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