. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . soffice explain themselves: Thinking it may be of interest to you, Ienclose copy of letter received from Borst, who was pensioned inNovember. He has been railroading since1852 and running an engine on the district wide by 170 feet long, two stories andbasement, and built on the usual machine-shop gallery style of construction. Atraveling crane, 30 feet wide, runs the fulllength of the building, leaving galleries onthe second floor, on both sides, 30 feetwide. The construction is st
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . soffice explain themselves: Thinking it may be of interest to you, Ienclose copy of letter received from Borst, who was pensioned inNovember. He has been railroading since1852 and running an engine on the district wide by 170 feet long, two stories andbasement, and built on the usual machine-shop gallery style of construction. Atraveling crane, 30 feet wide, runs the fulllength of the building, leaving galleries onthe second floor, on both sides, 30 feetwide. The construction is steel through-out and designed to safely carry a load of300 pounds per square foot. This buildingwas erected for the purpose of taking careof three important departments of thecompany, viz.: iron valve, injector andsafety valve. It is a model machine shopand is equipped throughout with the verylatest tools and appliances. The steamplant consists of a 125 horse-power specialBabcock & Wilcox boiler, built for a safeworking pressure of 400 pounds per squareinch. In connection with this boiler there. CROSS-SECTIOX OF HIGHL.^ND R.\ILW.\V TEX-WHEELER. between Cumberland and Grafton since1857. Mr. Borst wears a forty-five years ser-vice medal. The switch key he turned in had beencarried by him more than eighteen years. Jos. BlLLIXGH.\M, Div. Master , Md. Keyser. W. V.\.. Xov. 21, Jos. Billingham, Div. Master account of being pensioned a fewdays ago. which relieves me from dutyfor the remainder of my days. I encloseyou my switch key with many thanks, andpray the party who may become possessorof it may have as good luck as I have hadand reap the same reward. Freem. Borst,Late Engineman 3d Div. B. & , W. Va. are a number of appliances for testing allgoods under steam, air and hydraulic pres-sure. The building is lighted by electricityand the power is furnished by a 100 horse-power engine. The exterior of the build-ing pre-ents a very handsome
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