. Electric railway journal . st to say that in solving our problem we arrivedat a layout similar in a general way to those in Detroit. To change its car-yard layouts so that those orig-inally designed for double-end cars can be used withsingle-end cars is a prob-lem which is being solvedby the New York StateRailways, Rochester, N. accompanying illustra-tion shows how the problemwas met in one carhouse A has been converted into a running trackwhich leads to the ladder tracks at the rear. The carsthus enter the carhouses at the rear and leave by thefront, where they use the old track layou
. Electric railway journal . st to say that in solving our problem we arrivedat a layout similar in a general way to those in Detroit. To change its car-yard layouts so that those orig-inally designed for double-end cars can be used withsingle-end cars is a prob-lem which is being solvedby the New York StateRailways, Rochester, N. accompanying illustra-tion shows how the problemwas met in one carhouse A has been converted into a running trackwhich leads to the ladder tracks at the rear. The carsthus enter the carhouses at the rear and leave by thefront, where they use the old track layout, which hasbeen changed only as to the location of the crossovers. Track No. 1 in the carhouse A provides a convenientmeans for taking crippled cars off the running trackwithout blocking the track while the cars are comingin during the rush hours. Track E is for emergencyoperation. With a car off at crossover X, cars can bebacked out of carhouse B and then run out over thisemergency track and crossovers Y and Z. If a car is.
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