. Railway mechanical engineer . departments work in such close harmony that the combina-tion forms a single well-rounded organization. The dis-cussion which follows briefly outlines the method of prepa-ration and the operation of passenger trains at this terminal this statement it is seen that 89 per cent of all the trainsoperated are used in suburban traffic: Arrive DepartThrough trains, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago 4 4 Wells Fargo express trains, 1 2 i Milk trains 5 4 | New York division trains 8 7 Suburban trains: Main line, proper 31 39 Main line, Newark br
. Railway mechanical engineer . departments work in such close harmony that the combina-tion forms a single well-rounded organization. The dis-cussion which follows briefly outlines the method of prepa-ration and the operation of passenger trains at this terminal this statement it is seen that 89 per cent of all the trainsoperated are used in suburban traffic: Arrive DepartThrough trains, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati & Chicago 4 4 Wells Fargo express trains, 1 2 i Milk trains 5 4 | New York division trains 8 7 Suburban trains: Main line, proper 31 39 Main line, Newark branch 16 14 Northern I<. R. of New Jersey 22 22 New Jersey and New York R. R 20 20 Greenwood Lake division 26 26 New York, Susquehanna and Western 24 22 Total suburban trains 139 143 Total all services 157 160 Grand total, trains arriving and departing 317 The diagram shows the number of trains arriving at and departing from the station during each of the 24 hours. Between the hours of 7 and 10 a. m., 65 trains arrive and. -A. M, Daily Train Movements—Jersey City Passenger Station during the 24 hours of an ordinary week day in the winterseason. NUMBER AND NATURE OF TRAINS During a period of 24 hours a total of 317 regularlyscheduled passenger trains arrive at and depart from theErie station at Jersey City over the main line and four sidelines according to the classification which follows. From 18 depart, and between 4 and 7 p. m., 66 depart and 16arrive. Taking the trains out of the 12-track train shedto the various storage yards during the morning rush hours,and bringing them back again for the evening business with-out interrupting scheduled train movement, is a compli-cated problem which, from the nature of this discussion,cannot be described here. The daily passenger train car movements out of the sta- 239 240 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER V„l. 90, No. 5 tion approximate more than 900, subdivided into the fol-lowing classes: Commuter coaches and combined cars .•: •
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