The New Roadmaster's Assistant; a Manual of Reference for Those Having to Do With the Permanent Way of American Railroads
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is suggested. Although more ex- FiG. 190. — " Standard " Guard Rail Fastener. Foot guards. pensive, it is much more certain and efficient than the rail brace. For spacing guard rails as well as for all other track spiking, a gage is necessary, with lugs having a width equal to the distance between the guard rail and the main track rail heads. Such a gage, represented in fig. 151, is simple in form, inexpensive and more im- portant still, because of the yoke, it acts as a square. Many states req...uire that employees shall be protected from the danger due to frog open- ings, but whether the law on the subject is operative or not, there is a moral obligation which railroads cannot afford to ignore. These openings are sometimes closed with wedges of wood wliich are a makeshift at best and there are other arrangements which are built into the frog and may be purchased of any switch and frog maker. Still other forms Feogs, Switches and Switch-Stands. 177 which are removable are illustrated in figs.
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