. Electric railway journal . itions. The machine tools, forge, etc., are ranged along the sideof the main shop and are driven from an overhead lineshaft operated by a 35-hp interpole motor. A trolley hoistserves these machines, the equipment consisting of two 5-ton Yale & Towne hand-operated hoists running on a attached to the lower chords of the roof trolley crane is so designed that a load can be pickedup from any one of the three tracks and practically fromany part of the turntable track. The wood shop, armatureroom, store and other auxiliary rooms are in a projecti
. Electric railway journal . itions. The machine tools, forge, etc., are ranged along the sideof the main shop and are driven from an overhead lineshaft operated by a 35-hp interpole motor. A trolley hoistserves these machines, the equipment consisting of two 5-ton Yale & Towne hand-operated hoists running on a attached to the lower chords of the roof trolley crane is so designed that a load can be pickedup from any one of the three tracks and practically fromany part of the turntable track. The wood shop, armatureroom, store and other auxiliary rooms are in a projectionfrom the main building. Great stress has been laid upon the matter of amplelighting, both natural and artificial. The natural lightingis helped by the exceptionally large skylight area. Theartificial lighting is furnished mainly by five-light clustersof 40-watt tungsten lamps, a total of about 200 lamps be-ing required. The clusters are hung just below the bot-toms of the trusses in accordance with an illumination plan. General Plan and Cross-Section of Repair Shop and Carhouse In the shops are three work tracks, two with long pits andone with a short pit, these pits having floors crowned inthe center with a small drainage trench on each side. Onthe side of every pit is a depressed floor, 18 in. below themain floor level. This depression permits a workman tocarry on an inspection without stooping and greatly facili-tates work on brakes and journal boxes. The floor of thebuilding is granolithic, except in the shop, where it is ofi-in. wood laid on 4 in. of concrete, nailing strips beingmolded into the latter. The roof trusses over the shop aresupported on the walls and upon a row of steel latter are surrounded with concrete to prevent the steelfrom softening in case of a car fire. All through thebuilding a iJ/2-in. T-iron, supported under an invertedwood trough, is used for the contact conductor. The three work tracks are cross-connected by a wheelpit in which the
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