Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1911 — MAKES WORK MUCH EASIER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAKES WORK MUCH EASIER

Push Car Derrick Lightens the Labors of Bridge Gangs Working on Railroad Lines.

The bridge gangs of the Chicago & Illinois Eastern railroad use a little push car derrick that is a giant in the work it accomplishes. The arm is guyed by ropes in preference to rods, and the hand hoist is anchored down

to the rail by means of a chain and hook, the latter tightly gripping the rail flange, so that danger of tipping is done away with.—-Popular Mechanics.

Handy Push Car Derrick.