. American engineer and railroad journal . 7,000-GAL. TENDER TANK, LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. 7,000-GAL. TENDER FRAME. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. end. The end sills are %-in. plates connected to a % plate by 4 x 4 x y2-in angles, and to the center and sidesills by heavy angle plates, as shown. The center sills arespaced 23 ins. apart, and the steel draft casting at the rearend is arranged to take the Session-Standard friction draftgear. We are indebted for information to Mr. T. H. Curtis,superintendent of machinery, and Mr. Walter H. Stearns,mechanical engineer. The committee mak
. American engineer and railroad journal . 7,000-GAL. TENDER TANK, LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. 7,000-GAL. TENDER FRAME. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. end. The end sills are %-in. plates connected to a % plate by 4 x 4 x y2-in angles, and to the center and sidesills by heavy angle plates, as shown. The center sills arespaced 23 ins. apart, and the steel draft casting at the rearend is arranged to take the Session-Standard friction draftgear. We are indebted for information to Mr. T. H. Curtis,superintendent of machinery, and Mr. Walter H. Stearns,mechanical engineer. The committee makes the following conclusions, and recom-mends as general principles of practice that: The circular form of an engine house is. in general, thepreferable design, with possibly the following exceptions: (a) At branch terminals, or similar points, where not morethan three or four locomotives are housed at one time andwhere it is more economical to provide a Y track than aturntable, or where it is not necessary to turn the locomo-tives, a through rectangular house, with switches at one endon
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