Identifier: railwaytracktrac01trat (find matches)
Title: Railway track and track work
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Tratman, E. E. R. (Edward Ernest Russell), b. 1863
Subjects: Railroad tracks Railroads
Publisher: New York, The Engineering News Publishing Co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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\ lb. lamp-black to 1 qt. of cement in water. The weight is about 500 lbs., and the cost82 cts. Premium Signs.—On roads having annual awards for condition of track, asign is sometimes placed on the best section. A black board with PremiumSection in gilt or yellow letters is a conspicuous sign for this purpose and maybe erected on the section house or on posts at the section house or at a station 182 TRACK. on the section. There is no doubt that the men feel proud of such a trophy, andwill work hard to prevent another section gang from winning it away from them.Property Post.—The marking of property lines or right-of-way boundariesshould be done very carefully, and permanent monuments should be estab-lished. A piece of rail may be used with the web split for about 6 ins., andthe head and base bent out to form an inverted T, as shown in Fig. 112. TheLake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. marks important land corners, etc., with ONE MILE TO RAIL ROAD CROSSING LOOK OUT FOR SIGNALS. K
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Track Signs. a cast-iron post, Fig. 113, having a top cap 2 ins. square. In the center ofthe cap is a ;-in. hole ;-in. deep. A cast-iron post is also used by the Balti-more & Ohio Ry. to mark property corners; it is 3 ft. long, 3 ins. square for3 ins., with B. & O. R. R. cast on one side and the date on the other. Thebody is rectangular, with a 1-in. rib on each corner and tapering from a 4^-in.circular portion above to a 5;-in. diameter on a flat base 9 ins. diameter. Forproperty line posts, the road uses a wooden post b\ ft. long, set 3 ft. in the TRACK SIGNS. 183 ground and anchored by a rod or old bolt run through it at 6 ins. from thebottom. The post is of red elm, locust, mulberry, chestnut or cedar; 6 ins.diameter; 2-in. pointed top; barked and tarred below ground; smoothed andpainted white above ground. On one side is painted B. & O. R. R.; on theother side Property Line in 5-in. black letters (sidewise). The post is seton the companys side of the line, with one ed

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