. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ment, and ofconveying material to the upholstery de-partment, the cleaning and dyeing de-partment, and the varnishing three departments are in onebuilding, 150x30 ft., made of brick, withconcrete foundation, each occupying aseparate room. Further on is an isolated Upon the arrival of a tank in front ofthe platform connection is made withpipe from bottom of tank car and the oilruns by gravity from tank-car into largestorage tank. In the oil room is a rowof spigots (connected w
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ment, and ofconveying material to the upholstery de-partment, the cleaning and dyeing de-partment, and the varnishing three departments are in onebuilding, 150x30 ft., made of brick, withconcrete foundation, each occupying aseparate room. Further on is an isolated Upon the arrival of a tank in front ofthe platform connection is made withpipe from bottom of tank car and the oilruns by gravity from tank-car into largestorage tank. In the oil room is a rowof spigots (connected with storage tanks)under each of which is a sink to receivethe drip. These sinks have lead pipesleading each one to its appropriate tank,so that the loss is reduced to a sinks are also used for the purposeof filling the small storage tanks in cellarwith the oils that are purchased inwood. An air valve at each spigot controlsthe lifting of all oils for distributing orto fill barrels, which is done entirely byair pressure. A barrel can be filled withkerosene in about two minutes at an air. PASSED ON THE WAY TO MOUNT LOWE. on the C. R. R. of N. J. The feed waterfor the boilers is heated by exhauststeam and is pumped under pressure intothe boilers at a temperature of 230 de-grees F. The companys ofScials arecontemplating in stalling mechanical stok-ers, and an ash and coal handling plantat an early date. The paint shop is a concrete building325x150 ft., having its long side frontingon the transfer table, which also passesalong the ends of the erecting shop andthe blacksmith shop. This shop is welllighted and contains a good modernstockroom with storeroom for paints,oils, varnishes, etc., in what might al-most be called an air-tight cement cellar,in the construction of which nothing in-flammable has been used. Crossing the transfer table the pas-senger car repair shop is reached. Thisis also a concrete building, 425x100 ft., brick and concrete building 70x30 ft.,used for
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