. Electric railway journal . t no movement of carsthat cannot be quickly and expeditiously special work in every case has been kept of thesimplest form by so placing the switches as to avoidany overlapping of special work. The overhead workis of the substantial backbone construction type andwell strung to avoid trolley-off trouble. Of the nine tracks installed in the yard at thepresent time, the first track serves the tipple describedlater on, four tracks extend through the carhouse andthe four remaining tracks are available for storageonly. Ultimately, a second loop at the fr
. Electric railway journal . t no movement of carsthat cannot be quickly and expeditiously special work in every case has been kept of thesimplest form by so placing the switches as to avoidany overlapping of special work. The overhead workis of the substantial backbone construction type andwell strung to avoid trolley-off trouble. Of the nine tracks installed in the yard at thepresent time, the first track serves the tipple describedlater on, four tracks extend through the carhouse andthe four remaining tracks are available for storageonly. Ultimately, a second loop at the front end of theproperty will be made available by a connection fromthe present ladder track to the lead-in track of thesecond group of storage tracks. This will be providedfor emergency use in case a car in regular serviceshould become derailed on the shorter loop. Meantime,it is possible to loop the cars in an emergency by oper-ating them through the present storage yard andaround the loop at the rear end of the property, by. Open Pit Construction and Lateral Bolts for HoldingRail on Wash Tracks 854 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 20 |«- 15-4■-■*> % TBS —!—*.- — ■ Iboiler h, I ROOM i ■ „
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