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to go into the bolt holes of the railthat is being unloaded. A man is stationed on each side of the trackabout 50 ft. from the end of the car. Eachman has a lining bar, and they jab their barsdown between the ties and then drop the ringson the end of the ropes over the tops of thebars and let the… … ft. long and two pieces of 1 x 3-in. by 4-ft.strip iron. The rail is bent into an A shapeand the ends are turned up a little to checkthe fall of the rail that is being unloaded.The strips of iron are bolted to the web ofthe rail about IV2 ft. from the apex and areto balance the A-frame and keep the…
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