. American engineer and railroad journal . E ELEVATION OF MAIN SHOP BUILDING AT EKEWSTEE. arrangement. It will be seen that through the medium of turn-tables it is possible to get a connection from this track systemto any part of the shop and beneath any desired crane. Thissystem is equally elaborate outside of the building and connectswith all the storage centers, storehouse, etc. The heating of the building is through the medium of hot air,the fans, which are electrically driven, being placed in the trans-verse monitors in the roof and the ducts are carried along theroof trusses with outlets
. American engineer and railroad journal . E ELEVATION OF MAIN SHOP BUILDING AT EKEWSTEE. arrangement. It will be seen that through the medium of turn-tables it is possible to get a connection from this track systemto any part of the shop and beneath any desired crane. Thissystem is equally elaborate outside of the building and connectswith all the storage centers, storehouse, etc. The heating of the building is through the medium of hot air,the fans, which are electrically driven, being placed in the trans-verse monitors in the roof and the ducts are carried along theroof trusses with outlets at the various desired points along the Electric power circuits with numerous plug boxes for theportable machine, lights and electric winch are provided through-out the whole building. Operation. Locomotives which are to be shopped are brought up over awashout pit just outside of the shop building on the enteringtrack from the south. The details of this pit are shown in oneof the illustrations. It consists simply of a basin built of con-. INTERIOR OF MAIN SHOP BUILDING LOOKING DOWN THE ERECTING SHOP. S4 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. March, 1911 Crete and lined with brick, 60 ft. in length and 18 ft. wide,which drains to a large sump in the center. This basin is 26in. in depth at the center and about 16 in. at the ends and sidesand the track is carried across it on heavy timbers supportedon concrete piers. It is covered over the top with a gratingconsisting of 3 in. planks set about i in. apart. A hot waterconnection is located nearby and the whole running gear of thelocomotive is washed down with hot water before it is takeninto the shop and practically all of the heavy dirt and grease isremoved before it enters the shop at all. It is then pushed onto the pit in the transfer shop, made ready and lifted from thewheels by the 150 ton crane and carried down this shop to thepoint opposite the pit in the erecting shop where it is to belocated. It is then set down upon the
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