. 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 . an and handy man on the machine. One foreman or boss carpenter. Three helpers. One team and team and teamster snake or bring in pilesand timbers, and provide coal and water. If work-ing over a stream the tank is filled with siphon pro-vided with the machine. Pulling Piles Into Leads The pull-back, or front drum, which in shovelwork, handles a line that pulls dipper back to whereit is desired to start digging,
. 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 . an and handy man on the machine. One foreman or boss carpenter. Three helpers. One team and team and teamster snake or bring in pilesand timbers, and provide coal and water. If work-ing over a stream the tank is filled with siphon pro-vided with the machine. Pulling Piles Into Leads The pull-back, or front drum, which in shovelwork, handles a line that pulls dipper back to whereit is desired to start digging, serves admirably for 39 Building a Railroad pulling piles into holds ample amountof line for snaking andpulling piles in from adistance, pulling theminto the leads, or placingpile-caps and stringers. Driving Piles The actual driving ofa pile is a matter ofroutine and need not bedetailed. The hoistingline that pulls the dipperinto the bank in shovelwork, raises the drop hammer. The boiler and engine are ample in capacity foroperating the drop hammer very efficiently. The machine strikes 8 to 10 blows of the ham-mer per minute, with an average drop of 20 Swinging Pile Into Leads Placing Caps, Stringersand Ties If the track is laid upto the machine, this ma-terial is carried on eitherflat or larry cars in therear, from which placeit may be transferredto the front with themachine, or by hand,as conditions material may bebrought up to the ma-chine on wagons.
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