. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . FiG. Clam Shell. road that it is quite difficult and, in fact, almost impossible toforecast with any degree of accuracy what will be the require-ments forty or fifty years hence. In many cases, even with theshorter-lived wooden station, it is necessary to take it downwhile still good for several years, on account of changed condi-tions which will not permit of its operation in the locality whereit stands. 264 RAILWAY MAINTENANCE Fig. 146 presents examples of modern coaling stations. and B are Holmen balanced bucket
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . FiG. Clam Shell. road that it is quite difficult and, in fact, almost impossible toforecast with any degree of accuracy what will be the require-ments forty or fifty years hence. In many cases, even with theshorter-lived wooden station, it is necessary to take it downwhile still good for several years, on account of changed condi-tions which will not permit of its operation in the locality whereit stands. 264 RAILWAY MAINTENANCE Fig. 146 presents examples of modern coaling stations. and B are Holmen balanced bucket plants. A is a viewof the same station that is shown in Fig. 145 and illustrates theuse of concrete encased steel substructure with a frame coalpocket. The storage capacity is 500 tons and the elevatingcapacity 125 tons per hour. Steam power is used. The station Shfe Roof/a Roof Boards Slate Roof onI4 Roof Boards-.,. ^JOhigh % AutomaticFeeder Fig. 145.—Holmen Balanced Bucket Coaling Station. is located on the C. C. C. and St. L. Ry., at Greensburg, 1465 is a side view of a 100-ton steel station on the E. E. Ry., at Waukegan, 111. Fig. 146C is a reinforced-concrete locomotive coaling stationbuilt by the Dodge Company for the Norfolk and Western Rail-way at Hayesville, Ohio. This is an 880-ton pocket, with sand- FUEL STATIONS 265
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