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Title: 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 Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: American Hoist & Derrick Company, St. Paul Subjects: Railroads Publisher: St. Paul, Minn., American Hoist & Derrick Co. Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: , it is ina logging operation. Aside from havingmore or less main line,logging spurs are beingbuilt continuouslyand there is track tolay and relay. Driv-ing the logs to the mill is to a great extent a thingof the past; the log road must go to the logs—theywont come to it. Rough country must be passedover with minimum mileage. Every fraction of apercent increase in maximum grade means increasedfuel and greater up-keep cost of train equipment,not overlooking greater danger of derailments andaccidents. Going upgrade is hard on everything andeverybody and going down is dangerous. With anAmericati on the job, cuts and fills can be made atless ultimate expense. A Southern logging road recently built a fill 300ft. long and 4 ft. high, getting all the material fromthe sides and keepingmachine on the gradeline. For three days i trained almost continu-ously and they were un-able to get their trackmen to work, but theAmerican went righton handling dirt. The clay was so soft and Driving PHe^ 62

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