Methods of forcing up retired track line in track panels for reuse of track and laying track panels at Erie Lackawanna; use of Travelift model SPL 12AX mobile straddle crane that has lifting capacity of 12 tons and lifts and lowers its load by 4 rail tongs at rate of 7 fpm, travels at rate of 1.5 mph and weighs 13,000 lb.


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    Title :

    Straddle crane -- Takes up and lays panel track


    Additional title:

    Ry Track Structures


    Published in:

    Railway Track and Structures ; 58 , n 8 ; p 30-32


    Publication date :

    1962


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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