. American engineer and railroad journal . d, to ,the Central Associatiou ofRailroad Officers, the author i>ointed out that improve-menisin yard and terminal facilities had not kept pacewith the increase of traffic, He said: With very tew cbosame as It was donen-hcn steam rallroadsflrstcamointo exIsteDce, and it coats these roads more to get a cartbrouKb their yard than over any 100 milca of their Hue. Inthe tlrst plact, a train arriving pulls in and occupies a trackIn the distributing yard, and if several Irains arc in com-pany a track Is occupie
. American engineer and railroad journal . d, to ,the Central Associatiou ofRailroad Officers, the author i>ointed out that improve-menisin yard and terminal facilities had not kept pacewith the increase of traffic, He said: With very tew cbosame as It was donen-hcn steam rallroadsflrstcamointo exIsteDce, and it coats these roads more to get a cartbrouKb their yard than over any 100 milca of their Hue. Inthe tlrst plact, a train arriving pulls in and occupies a trackIn the distributing yard, and if several Irains arc in com-pany a track Is occupied by each, and no awitching can bodone until the whole fleet baa arrived and Is gotten out otthe way, and the chances are that theo this yard Is blockedso as to render switching to any advantage almont Impos-sible. A switch engine takes bold of the train and the llrstmove is to pull the train back out ol the yard, and for everycut that Ib made tbe whole or greater portion ot the trainmust be handled, drawbars arc pulled out or broken, and. Fig. 5--Llnk Motion for Ten-Wheeled Locomotive. cars rccoivu more damage than they will receive on a tripover the whole line. Railroad companies roaliee that In order bo meet compotltiou, it Is necessary to reduce grades, Increase tbi> capai^ityo( engines and cars and In every way possible reduce tbecoat ol transportation, but do not seem to realize that, iu-order to make this a success, it is nccessarj- to equip theirstations and terminals so a» to meet tbe improvemeuts inother quarters. If the capacity ot freight engines is in-creased, It is just o-i necessary that the capacity ot the yardbe Increased In proportion. I know o( no place where there is aoch a chance for reduc-tion of coat In handling as at terminals. In order to accom-pUeb this, yarda nacd not necessarily cover any larger terri tor}, but they can bu so laid out that the switching can bodouo promptly and thoroughly, without toss o[ time andvraaEe o( power, and thereby a lar
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