1914 Article: West Shore Railroad River Division Tamping Track with Air Power

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1914 Article: West Shore Railroad River Division Tamping Track with Air Power:
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This is an original railroad article that was removed from the December 17, 1914 issue of Engineering News Magazine. The title of this article is \"tamping Track with Air Power\". A paragraph from this article is provided below: \"Pneumatic tamping of ballast under railway ties has been tried successfully on the River Division (West Shore) of the New York Central Lines. The Tamper used in this work is very similar to a valveless hand-hammer or pneumatic drill, but fitted with a special tamping bar\".This article contains 3/4 page and 2 photos. Page(s) measure approximately 8.75\" wide by 11.75\" tall. Article is in very good condition. This article is not a reproduction, but removed from the original magazine. Yellow tint is a result of the scanning process. Note: pages only and not the entire magazine is included. (Inv#-article5818)