Automatic Track Laying Equipment
From: Wendell Huffman
The earliest spike driving machine I find in a quick search at Google patents is that of John W. Close. Patent filed July 1881, issued February 1890, with number 421908. It was steam powered. I am unaware of machines actually produced or used. But, someone was actually thinking about it.
—Wendell
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posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 11:09 AM
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From: ANDREW DOW
W M Camp's classic Notes on Track, of which I have just consulted the 1908 edition, has several references to powered track machinery, including a steam spiker (p.186/7).
—Andrew Dow
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