. American engineer and railroad journal . s and arrangements to suit the different illustrations show the general appearance of a number ofthese coaling stations and a few typical examples will be brieflydescribed. At Clovis, N. M., a 7SO-ton capacity concrete and steel station,built by the Roberts & Schaefer Co., has been provided. Thisplant is of the belt conveyor type, the coal being placed in areceiving hopper 250 ft. away from the coal pocket. From thishopper it is delivered to the belt conveyor by a reciprocatingfeeder. The coal pocket itself is of reinforced concrete, wi
. American engineer and railroad journal . s and arrangements to suit the different illustrations show the general appearance of a number ofthese coaling stations and a few typical examples will be brieflydescribed. At Clovis, N. M., a 7SO-ton capacity concrete and steel station,built by the Roberts & Schaefer Co., has been provided. Thisplant is of the belt conveyor type, the coal being placed in areceiving hopper 250 ft. away from the coal pocket. From thishopper it is delivered to the belt conveyor by a reciprocatingfeeder. The coal pocket itself is of reinforced concrete, withthe exception of the monitor house, which is of steel covered withasbestos protected metal. The trestle for the belt conveyor isentirely of steel, with the exception of the housing for the belt,which is of wood covered with corrugated asbestos protectedmetal. The conveying apparatus is in duplicate and the stationis arranged to coal four tracks. From the storage hopper thecoal is delivered to four 6-ton weighing hoppers, two on each. A CONCRETE AND STEEL COALING STATION ERECTED BY ROBERTS & SCHAEFER Cu. AIBELEN, N. M. IN THIS STATION THE COAL IS ELEVATED BY HOLMAN BALANCED BUCKETSAND TRANSFERRED BY A DOUBLE AUTOMATIC TRAM-CAR SYSTEM. BELOW THE STORAGEBIN ARE FOUR 6-TON WEIGHING POCKETS, ARRANGED THE SAME AS ATCLOVIS. AT THE RIGHT IS SEEN A CINDER HANDLING ILANT OF THE SAME CONSTRUC-TION AND ARRANGEMENT AS THE COALING STATION. side, each having chutes arranged to serve two tracks. Theseweighing hoppers are connected to the scale beam, which is bal-anced before and after the locomotive takes its supply. The plant is motor driven, the motor being placed at the headof the main conveyor in the monitor house. An auxiliary motoris provided on the trestle for bringing the coal up from the re-ceiving hopper to the boiler house coal storage bin, located under-neath it. The same station encloses the sand equipment, the green sandbeing delivered by the belt conveyor to a stora
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