. Railway mechanical engineer . completed in 1919, are all in connection with the loco-motive facilities, the detailed description which follows isconfined to that section of the plant. Erecting ShopsLocomotives undergoing repairs are placed on two sets oftracks, the Mallet and ^Mikado locomotives being shopped in Layout of Tools In has two 150-ton cranes with )- hoists of 10 tons and5 tons capacity. The machine bay is ser\-ed by one 10-toncrane. The machine shop and blacksmith shop extend south fromthe erecting shop and at right angles to it. The boiler andtank shop is in a separate
. Railway mechanical engineer . completed in 1919, are all in connection with the loco-motive facilities, the detailed description which follows isconfined to that section of the plant. Erecting ShopsLocomotives undergoing repairs are placed on two sets oftracks, the Mallet and ^Mikado locomotives being shopped in Layout of Tools In has two 150-ton cranes with )- hoists of 10 tons and5 tons capacity. The machine bay is ser\-ed by one 10-toncrane. The machine shop and blacksmith shop extend south fromthe erecting shop and at right angles to it. The boiler andtank shop is in a separate building at the eastern side of thetransfer table pit, which has been enlarged. The rebuilt. the new longitudinal erecting shop, while the smaller power isset on transverse tracks in the machine shop building The newerecting shop is 400 ft. long and 113 ft. wide. It is dividedinto an erecting bay 70 ft. wide and 41 ft. to the bottom ofthe roof truss, and a machine tool bav 43 ft. wide and 24 ft Arrangement of Equipment transfer table was made by extending the old table alongpractically the same lines but of heavier construction, asshown in the drawing, with the addition of more powerfulmotor, gearing and shaft. A special \x^ of drive for thetable was designed by the mechanical department with a ;lv, 1920 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 475 50 hp. 230 volt, D. C. crane motor geared to a drive shafthaving shifting gears to mesh with the main drive of thetable, or for driving the pulling drums, one of which islocated at each end of the table for pulling engines on or offthe transfer table. Between the machine shop and blacksmith shop is a cranerunway SO ft. wide, which extends 520 f
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