. Railway mechanical engineer . ^Master Mechanif4 Off ice.\\. ^y-Hofel // Layout Showing the Arrangement of In and Outbound Tracks Scale In Feet handling both east and westbound traffic. Eventually, how-ever, the complete project will include both east and west-bound receiving and classitication yards, which will modifythe movement of engines through tlie terminal somewhat fromthe method now employed. The engine terminal layout oon-. cngine pits are 94 ft. long by 3 ft. 8 in. wide, with the sidesrecessed for the protection of the roundhouse heating system,which consists of four two-inch steam
. Railway mechanical engineer . ^Master Mechanif4 Off ice.\\. ^y-Hofel // Layout Showing the Arrangement of In and Outbound Tracks Scale In Feet handling both east and westbound traffic. Eventually, how-ever, the complete project will include both east and west-bound receiving and classitication yards, which will modifythe movement of engines through tlie terminal somewhat fromthe method now employed. The engine terminal layout oon-. cngine pits are 94 ft. long by 3 ft. 8 in. wide, with the sidesrecessed for the protection of the roundhouse heating system,which consists of four two-inch steam pipes fastened bybrackets to the walls on each side of the pits. The pits havea depth of 3 ft. 6 in. at the rear ends and drain on a fallof one inch in ten feet toward a tunnel extending completelyaround the circle of the house at their door ends. The pit Arrangement of Movable Ralls Over the Drop Pit sists of six tracks, two inbound, one outbound, one depressedcinder pit track, a coal-receiving track and an unloadingtrack which passes over the receiving hopper of the coalingstation. The two inbound tracks and the cinder pit track]iass under the coaling station, the inbound tracks passing
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