. Railway track and track work . red quantity to the engine. 186 TRACK. In Fig. 128 is shown the construction of a coaling station fitted with theBurnett & Clifton chutes. The floor of the pocket is covered with No. 12sheet steel and is at an angle of about 35° with the horizontal for bitumin-ous coal, while anthracite will slide on a somewhat flatter angle. The doorwhich retains the coal in the pocket is of oak, and is latched or unlatched bythe movement of the apron. .This apron, which may be of wood or iron,serves to direct the stream of coal into the middle of the tender, and whennot in us
. Railway track and track work . red quantity to the engine. 186 TRACK. In Fig. 128 is shown the construction of a coaling station fitted with theBurnett & Clifton chutes. The floor of the pocket is covered with No. 12sheet steel and is at an angle of about 35° with the horizontal for bitumin-ous coal, while anthracite will slide on a somewhat flatter angle. The doorwhich retains the coal in the pocket is of oak, and is latched or unlatched bythe movement of the apron. .This apron, which may be of wood or iron,serves to direct the stream of coal into the middle of the tender, and whennot in use swings up to a vertical position, covering the door of the apron is pulled down by the fireman by means of a chain, and is bal-anced by arms which extend to the rear and carry an iron balance whoseweight slightly exceeds that of the chute, so as to return it automaticallyto position when all the coal has run out. This avoids the use of chainsand pulleys for counterweights. In the construction of a system of pock. Crosi Se^on. Fig. 128.—Coaling Station. Part Side Elevation. ets, strength, durability and reliability must be carefully looked afterThe rough handling, and the dirt and dust are likely to cause any compli-cated mechanism to get out of order, but it is necessary to have the open-ing and closing effected easily and quickly. Ashpits. A common arrangement where engine ashpans are cleaned, is to run theengine over a brick-lined pit, dump the ashes, and then shovel them uponto the ground and then into cars to be hauled aways. In some casessmall cars or buckets run on a narrow gage track in the pit, and are han- TRACK ACCESSORIES. 187 died by a crane, the cars receiving the ashes as they drop from the shoveling of ashes-is unpleasant and expensive work, and should be re-duced as much as possible. If the engine track is raised or the cinder cartrack is depressed, so that the floor of the pit will be somewhat higher thanthe sides of the cars, the ashe
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