. Railway mechanical engineer . l along the line, trying to get to Each of the main terminals on the Tomsk railway is wellequipped, usually having large and commodious yards. Theengine houses generally consist of two rectangular sheds withcapacities for about 50 locomotives, a rectangular shop fornine engines (in which all light repairing is done), machine shop and blacksmith shop. The engine sheds are equippedwith drop pits and hydraulic traversing rams for droppingwheels. One fine feature is that the drop pit rails all swingon hinges, so that when dropping wheels there
. Railway mechanical engineer . l along the line, trying to get to Each of the main terminals on the Tomsk railway is wellequipped, usually having large and commodious yards. Theengine houses generally consist of two rectangular sheds withcapacities for about 50 locomotives, a rectangular shop fornine engines (in which all light repairing is done), machine shop and blacksmith shop. The engine sheds are equippedwith drop pits and hydraulic traversing rams for droppingwheels. One fine feature is that the drop pit rails all swingon hinges, so that when dropping wheels there is no liftingof heavy rails. All shops are equipped with electric hoistsof the same type as used in the main shops and describedlater in this article. Main terminals have both a turntable and a Y, whileturn around stations have a Y only. Turntables areoperated by an ingenious air device, connected to the trainline on the engine or tender. This consists of a horizontalair cylinder with a clamp attached to the piston, so designed. Station at Pograneechnaya, Showing Type of Freight andPassenger Equipment that it seizes and releases the rail, as controlled by the opera-tor with a three-way valve. This device, while probably notas good as some of the air driven attachments in this country,works surprisingly well and extreme cold weather causes itvery little trouble. Motive Power The road has between 500 and 600 locomotives in opera-tion, and these engines are composed of seven distinct typesonly, as follows: 1. 0-6-0 or Switcher type. This is the so-called government type of locomotive, so common in engines were built in 1893 and 1896 by the Putilovworks of Petrograd. There are only a few of this type on theroad and they are used for switching service. The principaldimensions are: Weight on drivers . tons Total weight, engine and tender, loaded ions Diameter of drivers 1,292 (52 in.) Length of engine and tender, overall 14,313 (47 ft. 0 in.) 2. 0-8
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