. Canadian transportation & distribution management. n intoposition and the body lowered thereon. The pits, both under the car hoists andfurther back in the shop, are of concreteconstruction throughout. Under the carhoists, there is a supporting wall under therail, but the balance is chambered alongthe hoist shaft as mentioned, with a con-crete floor, and a reinforced concrete mainfloor over top. The extension of the pitin the overhauling department is similarin construction, with the absence of theside shaft tunnel chambers. At that endof the pit, there are also steps to the levelof the shop
. Canadian transportation & distribution management. n intoposition and the body lowered thereon. The pits, both under the car hoists andfurther back in the shop, are of concreteconstruction throughout. Under the carhoists, there is a supporting wall under therail, but the balance is chambered alongthe hoist shaft as mentioned, with a con-crete floor, and a reinforced concrete mainfloor over top. The extension of the pitin the overhauling department is similarin construction, with the absence of theside shaft tunnel chambers. At that endof the pit, there are also steps to the levelof the shop floor. The total length of thepits, hoist and overhauling, is 87 ft. 10 ins.,with a depth of 4y2 ft. Between the hoistand overhauling sections of the pits, thereis an uninterrupted passage under thetracks, where the track supporting wall iscut away, permitting access between the floor of the pit, and running thefull length of each, is a 4 ft. gauge trackfor a small ear. on which the motor and March, 1913.] CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE 134 CANADIAN RAILWAY AND MARINE WORLD. [March, 1913. under gear of the car can be lowered, andrun along to the centre of the overhaulingpit, where the parts can be raised from thepit by the jib cranes on. the adjoiniing posts,there being a jib for each pit. The jibs andoverhauling section are shown in the back-ground in figs. 8 and 9. It will be noticedtliiit the trucks as run out from under thecars at the hoists, are spotted over thepi Is in the overhauling section, shown atthe far end of the pit. fig. 6, and there dis-membered when required. On low benchesadjoining, the motors and equipment as transfer table and brought down the shopto this track, adjoining the wheel andaxle department. Between the axlestraightener and the wheel boring mill,there is a space used for the interior stor-age of wheels before and after machining,stacked in piles out from the wall as inthe background in fig. 7. A stock ofwheels for this department is ma
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