Text Appearing Before Image: engravings illustrate theappearance and the work done by a verysuccessful ballast scraper invented and patented by Mr. C.T.McElvaney, mastermechanic of the Missouri, Kansas &Texas Railway, at Denison, Tex. The object of the invention is to pro-vide a scraper for putting ballast be-tween the rails that has been unloadectfrom the side of flat or side dump cars.With this appliance no special designedballast car is required. This is one ofthe many reasons that should recom-mend its use, as many roads do notcare to invest in special ballast cars to out they extend four feet beyond thebody of the car and can be adjusted toany height from 6 inches above the railto 10 inches below the botton of theties. Two men can either open or closethe scrapers in five minutes. A crane is used to raise or lower thescrapers. In order to open or closethem, an air cylinder is provided whichis placed length ways of the car and thepiston connection to a hinge joint in thecenter of the eye beam that extends Text Appearing After Image: McRLVANEY S BALLAST SPREADING .SCRAPER. stand idle when not in service onwork train, and even on larger systems,flat cars can be used to good advan-tage and many times in connection withother especially designed ballast cars, crosswise of the car, and supports theopen ends of the scrapers. As the pistonis pushed out of the cylinder it acts onthe hinge of the eye beam, forming atoggle joint drawing the scraper under-
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1903
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booksubject:Locomotives
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