Railway Technology2y
Typical Railway Track Components Overview – Sleepers, Fishplates, Fasteners and Spikes.
The railroad spike, with an offset head, is mostly used to secure rails and base plates to railroad ties in the track. In 1832, Robert Livingston Stevens invented the first railroad spike and it is ...
VTA blames spike in copper theft for delays after strike. Sheriff says there's no uptick.
After a 16-day strike, Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority workers are back on the job on Friday, but the agency’s light ...
WPLG Local 104d
Man jailed after hurling railroad spikes at Miami Springs police car, jumping into canal, cops say
A bizarre string of events Saturday morning led Miami Springs police officers to arrest a man on several felony charges, ...
PBS5y
Workers of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad
Railroad work was hard ... Bolters knelt down to join the contiguous rails on either side of the track. Spike men followed behind, dropping spikes onto the grade. Hammer-wielders picked up ...
Railway Technology2y
Typical Railway Track Components Overview – Sleepers, Fishplates, Fasteners and Spikes.
The railroad spike, with an offset head, is mostly used to secure rails and base plates to railroad ties in the track. In 1832, Robert Livingston Stevens invented the first railroad spike and it is ...