. The Street railway journal . HOLDING SCHEDULES AND SHELF FUR USE OF MEN, LOS ANGELES RAILWAY COMPANY headway. On account of our always being in communicationwith the men, ten minutes after an order is given for a reduc-tion in the service, a number of cars are on their way to thecar house. One of the engravings is a general view of thetrainmens room at one of our division headquarters. Theforemans office is in the background. This photo gives anexcellent idea of the convenient arrangement between theforemans office, car board and the frames where the sched-ules are kept, showing how little w
. The Street railway journal . HOLDING SCHEDULES AND SHELF FUR USE OF MEN, LOS ANGELES RAILWAY COMPANY headway. On account of our always being in communicationwith the men, ten minutes after an order is given for a reduc-tion in the service, a number of cars are on their way to thecar house. One of the engravings is a general view of thetrainmens room at one of our division headquarters. Theforemans office is in the background. This photo gives anexcellent idea of the convenient arrangement between theforemans office, car board and the frames where the sched-ules are kept, showing how little walking is necessary for a we increase the number of cars on each run, instead of chang-ing the scheduled intervals between the runs. L. H. Mountney, Supt.,L. M. & W. Pass. Ry., Milton, Pa. Schedules on the West Pennsylvania Railways are made upwhen entirely new time tables are desired, by means of a largeboard on which is plotted the sidings and time points on theline. The time divisions are indicated in two-minute periods. VIEW IN TRAINMENS ROOM, SHOWING CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT OF FOREMANS OFFICE, CAR BOARD AND FRAMES FOR HOLDING THE SCHEDULES, LOS ANGELES RAILWAY COMPANY man to secure all the necessary information after he is as-signed to his run. J. J. Akin, Supt., Los Angeles Ry. Co. When running extra cars to our park our schedule calls for30-minute time, through the summer months. This scheduleis run with double or triple cars or as many headers as may benecesssary to accommodate the crowd. If it should happen torain, in the afternoon or evening, the cars that are doubled up by lines drawn across this diagram. Pins and colored stringsare used to indicate each particular run, and from thisgraphic layout the schedule is transferred in the form shownherewith to tracing cloth. Blue prints from this tracing areposted in advance at the various car houses, and a copy isgiven to each crew. Schedules for the public are put up infolder form and are freely distributed. Wall cards, su
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