LIFTING LOCOMOTIVE RAILS.
On some railways in America rails are being" loaded and unloaded mechanically instead of by hand. The machines used are operated by air pressure and usually handle one rail per minute, although in one case it is reported that three rails are. being handled in that period. Modern locomotives have sufficient air capacity to provide power for the continuous brakes and the lifting- machinery also; but where older engines are used a temporary steam pipe is coupled from the engine to a special pump for handling1 the rails. Where rails are so dealt with large gangs of men may be dispensed with. .One company has been using electromagnets for handling rails and scrap, and it is said that these will lift twelve rails at a time or several tons of spikes. The magnets are operated from the jib of a crane, usually^ of a locomotive type.
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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149LIFTING LOCOMOTIVE RAILS. Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 23 June 1915, Page 7
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