Article explains how 701st Railway Grand Division recovered 2-8-0 United States locomotive from bottom of deep ravine almost by hand; to strengthen and reinforce fill to restore main line to operation, it was necessary to move locomotive some 20 ft to accommodate additional cribbing to hold reinforcement of fill; this was accomplished by building platform of ties bridging creek to swing locomotive around and in the clear of fill.


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    Title :

    Military railway wrecking job


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 116 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1945


    Size :

    2 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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