. Railway mechanical engineer . fivesteam hammers, three power hammers, four bolt thread-ing machines, six forging machines and two bulldozers, andalso includes a 26-in. turret lathe, with provision for theinstallation of another similar machine. This machine isused on crosshead pins, crank pin collars, knuckle pins,driver brake hanger posts, etc. These parts are roughturned for stock and are used for distribution to outsidepoints, as well as at the Glenwood shops. The bulldozers,which are located on the east side of the shop, form amiscellaneous list of car forgings, which may be loadeddirect
. Railway mechanical engineer . fivesteam hammers, three power hammers, four bolt thread-ing machines, six forging machines and two bulldozers, andalso includes a 26-in. turret lathe, with provision for theinstallation of another similar machine. This machine isused on crosshead pins, crank pin collars, knuckle pins,driver brake hanger posts, etc. These parts are roughturned for stock and are used for distribution to outsidepoints, as well as at the Glenwood shops. The bulldozers,which are located on the east side of the shop, form amiscellaneous list of car forgings, which may be loadeddirectly into cars for removal from the shop on a trackextending into the south end of the east bay. With the of the 2,000-lb. steam hanmier, whichis located in the adjoining west bay, the hammers are allplaced in the monitor bay with ample floor space for hand-ling large and heavy material. This part of the shop hasthe service of the 100-ton cranes and the traveling jibcranes. The lighter hammers are placed adjoining the. One of the Two Electric V\/eldlng Sets. Serving Outlets Conveniently Located at Various Points in the Building in the monitor bay and also occupies the space in the fires while the 3,000-lb. and 6,000-lb. steam hammers are inside west bay adjoining the end of the machine shop, served by furnaces. It extends from the south end of the erecting shop to the The flue shop is laid out with a view to continuous blacksmith shop, a distance of 88 ft. longitudinally of the movement of the tubes from the time they leave the rattler building. until they are ready for reapplication. They are taken into With the exception of the bending rolls, the tools are all the flue shop at the end of the erecting shop, where they June, 1919 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 295 are placed in a pit type water cleaner. Adjoining thecleaner in the order named are located the flue cutter, thesafe end furnace and welding machine, the cutter for trim-ming the tube sheet ends and the expander
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