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PEARSON Ti»IBITNE, NOVEMBER 23,1917
FREIGHT TRAIN SWITCHED BY HORSES
PERCHERONS USED FOR MOVING LOADED CARS.
When a yard switch engine broke down at Eau Claire, Wis., re
cently, a train of 10 flat curs, carrying hemlock logs for a paper mill, was
switched by two teams of heavy Percheron horses belonging to the paper
company. The freight load moved was 118,000 feet of timber, weighing
944,000 pounds, in addition to the weight of the cars. The team weighed
3,400 pounds each. —Popular Mechanics Magazine.
MAKING OVER RAILS
Now Systematically Straightened
and Restored.
PLANT WHERE WORK IS DONE
Defects Which Necessitate Removal
and Replacement Develop in Eight
to Fourteen Years—9o Per
Cent Renewed.
It is not generally known that worn
rails are now systematically straight
ened, the worn ends sawed off, and the
whole rail restored to service condi
tion. A plant in Illinois where this is
done is described In the Hallway Main
tenance Engineer l>y John Reiner. All
rails in main-line service, Mr. Reiner
thinks, will ordinarily develop defects
which necessitate removal and replace
ment In eight to fourteen years. These
defects are battered ends and worn
fishings and, in curved track, flange
worn heads on the outside rails and
crushed heads on the inside rails. Fully
00 per cent of these removed rails may
tie fitted for further service by appro
priate treatment, Mr. Reiner assures
us. He says in substance:
Methods of Reclamation.
“There are two methods of reclaim
ing rails unite generally recognized as
being efficient —one is to beat and re
roll them, reducing the section and the
oretically producing a new rail of the
original length but of lighter section.
The other Is to assemble the rails at a
centrally located point for inspection,
classification, straightening, cropping
worn ends, and reboring for splice-bars.
“From the writer’s observation the
process of rerolling rails after a serv
ice period is successful in that it pro
longs their ultimate life over that of
simply cropping battered and worn
ends. The process, of course', is much
more costly than simply cropping the
ends at a home plant, and unless the
rerolling plant is in fairly close prox
imity to the road owning the rails, the
cost is prohibitive.
“The desired effect of any method Is
to get ttie largest possible return from
the rails recovered, either in money or
In service, which latter ultimately
means money, but the value of which
In money cannot, for want of data, be
so defined in all enses.
“At the plant under the writer’s jur
isdiction the cost per ton for reclaim
ing rails during 1915 was 49 cents. In
the operations of this plant there were
reclaimed from scrap condition 2,445
tons of rails, 2,080 tons of which went
for ordinary track service and 305 tons
for the manufacture of frogs.
“Estimating the salvage value of
serviceable rails recovered from scrap
at $9 per ton, the operation of this
plant shows a clear demonstrable gain
of $22,005.
Working on Rails.
"Ralls passing through the reclaim
ing plant for resawing are pulled
broadside on to the straightening ma
chine (a home-made hydraulic press)
by a rope and a belt-drive drum hand
ling from eight to twenty rails at one
time. After straightening, the rails
are pulled broadside on to the saw
table or carriage by means of a hori- ;
zontnl air-hoist manipulated by the j
straightener.
“After removing the rail from the
saw-table, the chippers remove the fins
or burrs raised by the saws and pass it
broadside on to the drills, four of
which are in service (two at each end),
manned by four men and placed in a i
staggered position so that four rail
ends are drilled at one time.
“Before the rails pass out of the mill
to the sawed stock piles a man applies
a template to the head of each rail
marked by the sawyers as a main
track or second quality rail to classify
them according to depth or thickness.
The rollers leading out of the mill are
manned hv four men who distribute
the rails and pile them in stock piles,
or load them on cars direct, as de
sired.
“Sorting the rails for condition and
uniform thickness of head is of much
value in obtaining good track results
and economy in maintenance cost. The
rails classed as sawed main-track rails
are calipered for thickness of head and
make as good track joints as new rails
if new or unworn joint fastenings are
applied. The rails classed as second
quality rails are as safe as main-track
rails. They are more or less worn, but
will give good service in branch-line
main track. The ends will match up to
an even surface as the heads art- cali
pered tlie same as the heads of the
main-track rails. - ’
LIMIT FOR RAILROAD WAGONS
Time Fixed Beyond Which Retention
of Car Will Be Offense Under De
fense of Realm Rules.
In view of the extreme Importance
of securing thut the utmost possible
use shall be made of railroad wagons,
the board of trade has now Issued or
ders which come into force In Great
Britain, fixing the time beyond
which the retention of a railroad wagon
by a trader will be an offense under
the defense of the realm regulations,
says a London Dispatch to Christian
Science Monitor. The times allowed
ure in general one complete day for
loading and two for unloading. Three
days (four In Scotland) are allowed
for unloading shipments truffle at
ports, and two days are allowed in
Scotland for loading wagons with coal
for shipment. The orders do not apply
to coal traffic in England and Wales.
Further orders give power to railroad
companies themselves to unload wng
ons which are not unloaded by the
trader within the prescribed times,
and to make use of the private owners
wagons on the return journey so that
the unnecessary haulage of empty wag
ons nmy be avoided. These orders are
being printed ns statutory rules.
Where necessary, the periods at pres
ent allowed before demurrage charges
accrue will be amended so as to ac
cord with the periods fin'd by theee
orders.
SAFETY DEVICE FOR TRAINS
Engineer Must Leave His Cab and Set
Mechanism to Permit Continued
Travel of Train.
In describing an automatic safety
signaling and braking device for trains.
Invented by J. F. McCoy of 470 India
street, Brooklyn, N. Y„ the Scientific
American says:
The invention provides a braking
mechanism which when operated by a
trip connected with each semaphore
or signaling device will necessitate the
engineer getting out of his cab and set
ting the trip device so ns to close the
auxiliary train line pipe in order to re
lease the brakes and permit conttnued
travel of the train, thereby preventing
the engineer from rendering the device
inoperative when once actuated, from
the throttle lever or brake valve or
mechanism associated with the ntr
brake system, and rendering the mech
anism tamper-proof and efficient in use.
RAILROAD STAKE FOR PLATE
Invention of Ohio Man Is Improvement
in Grade and Elevation Stakes
—How It Works.
The Scientific American In illustrat
ing and describing n railroad stake, in
vented by W. P. Newkirk of Ports
mouth. 0., says:
This invention is an improvement in
Railroad Stake.
railroad grade and elevation stakes,
and provides n stake consisting of a
holder for the plate carrying the grade
and elevation indications and adapted
to be engaged with the base flange of
the rail between adjacent ties, in such
tuanuer that the holder and plate will
be superposed upon the base flange at
one side of the rail in convenient posi
tion to be consulted.
WARNING SIGNAL IS UNIQUE
Warning Siren Is Operated During
Day Time and Searchlight Stop
Signal at Night
A proposed warning signal for use at
railroad crossings would be set in ac
tion by the- blast of the locomotive
whistle some distance off. It is claimed
that by accurately co-ordinating the
vibration pitch of the signal receiver
with the note of the locomotive whistle
the system is quite practical, and that
it will not respond to other loud noises
which are not correctly pitched. The
Inventor would use the vibration of the
receiver to close an electric circuit,
which would pass the current to a
warning siren in daylight and to a
searchlight stop signal at night.
THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE
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GEORGIA & FLORIDA RY.
s® 9 Schedule Effective August 26th, IDI7 ®
Trains leave Willacoochee for Douelas,
Iluzlehurst. Vtdalla, Stlllmore, <iar
field. Ml lien, Swalnsboro, Midvllfe.
Keysvllle, A ugusta and Intermediate
points.
Trains leave Wlllacoochee for Nash
ville. AdeL Sparks. Moultrie, Val
dosta, Madison, Fla., and Interme
diate points.
T. E. HARRIS, L. J. PARKS,
General Passenger Agent Traveling Passenger Agent,
Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga.
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