. Railway age gazette . t of 84 cents per pair of wheels. This includes theturning or re-tiring of about 210 steel tired wheels, dismountingall scrapped wheels, handling all new and scrap material, load-ing and unloading all wheels, checking, accounting, etc. The shop has a depressed spur track on each side with a 40-ft. platform on the south side, and a 50-ft. platform on thenorth side. Both platforms are level with the car floor. The40-ft. platform is used for storing unfitted wheels, axles, tires,etc. The floor of this platform is made of old car sills and is of sufficient length to accommo
. Railway age gazette . t of 84 cents per pair of wheels. This includes theturning or re-tiring of about 210 steel tired wheels, dismountingall scrapped wheels, handling all new and scrap material, load-ing and unloading all wheels, checking, accounting, etc. The shop has a depressed spur track on each side with a 40-ft. platform on the south side, and a 50-ft. platform on thenorth side. Both platforms are level with the car floor. The40-ft. platform is used for storing unfitted wheels, axles, tires,etc. The floor of this platform is made of old car sills and is of sufficient length to accommodate six cars at one time. The50 ft. side is equipped with tracks for storing the mountedwheels. The wheels are also received on this side from theroad, the cars being unloaded by means of a S-ton Gantrycrane, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be noticed that a special hookis provided that will lift four pairs of wheels at a time justas they are located on the car. -\s the worn wheels are taken from the car they are placed on. Fig. 3—Dismounting Press Showing Scrapped Lifting Wheel Ready for a transverse track entering the building at the east end, and arepassed through a swinging door, shown in Fig. 2. There aretwo such doors used in the shop, the other being at the westend on the same side where the finished wheels are run out ofthe shop. These doors are made of wood covered with sheet >i ^ i ^^^^ r^^m H^^n~~flpBi| ^alNH^I ■k-I HH|B3^ ^^ Ta y^f^^^^^WB ^^hI^b m^3 »!: ^S ^iSSI^^^^ ^^MB Nfe:!>s- ^^^Ms^^^y ^^^SE^ ^^H^^l *i ^ ^^^ £j> -j/ Jrt^Bfc IL ..V/ T^BIBI^^H Fig. 4- -Another View of the Dismounting Press Showing AirCylinder and Grab Hook iron and swing on a pivot near the top. Weather strips areprovided on all four sides. They are easily operated by simplypushing the wheels through them. They will allow very littlecold air to enter the shop, and are an excellent arrangement, RAILWAY AGE GAZETTE, MECHAXICAL EDITION* Vol. 88. 1. Loth from the standpoint of time
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