On basis of experience in carrying out contracts covering out-of-face rail laying, surfacing and retimbering, involving total of 129 mi of track, author describes evolution of gang organizations and their mechanization to reduce unit costs; how organizations can be utilized generally by railroads to rehabilitate track in cycles to effect further economies; tables of gang organizations, equipment used, and unit costs.


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    Titel :

    Railroad contractor cuts costs with modern methods and machines


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Ry Eng Maintenance


    Beteiligte:
    Kershaw, R. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1948


    Format / Umfang :

    4 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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