. Building and repairing railways . air is driven by a blowerthrough the coils of steam pipes and conveyedto the roundhouse in overhead sheet iron pipesand discharged in the pits under the is made by a wrought iron pipe placedoverhead and steam hose couplings to take thelive steam from a locomotive which has justcome in and convey it to one that is about to goout. The hydraulic pit for removing drivers isreally a part of the machine shop. In the blowerroom are placed air compressors for handling thesand and operating the ash lift. Fire hydrantsH are placed in each stall.
. Building and repairing railways . air is driven by a blowerthrough the coils of steam pipes and conveyedto the roundhouse in overhead sheet iron pipesand discharged in the pits under the is made by a wrought iron pipe placedoverhead and steam hose couplings to take thelive steam from a locomotive which has justcome in and convey it to one that is about to goout. The hydraulic pit for removing drivers isreally a part of the machine shop. In the blowerroom are placed air compressors for handling thesand and operating the ash lift. Fire hydrantsH are placed in each stall. -/V-G CENTER of Sioc Trhck Pig. 194. OF BRICK STOREIIOUSK KOlt SFPIMMS. 284 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS. A brick storehouse is illustrated by Fig. oil room is paved with stone flagging, andno wood work is in the room except the windowframes; some roads provide for the storage ofoils in tanks set in the ground, the oil beingpumped out as required. - - -j— _____ ___ N STORE - ROOM rOR^ JO 3AMD. * v* . -**- _/ -* [<._- 66-6 . *j Fig. 195. PLAN OF STOREHOUSE FOR SAND. A sand house is illustrated by Fig. 195. Thedried sand is placed in a hopper A, and carriedby a current of air (which only takes up the finesand) to an elevated tank; from this tank thesand box on the locomotive is filled by gravity inthe same way that water is supplied to a tender. ASH PITS. To reduce the expense in loading ashes atroundhouses, air hoist ash pits have been intro-duced. Fig. 196 illustrates the method of usingcompressed air for this purpose. The bucket F 8TANDABDS OF CONSTRUCTION. 2S5
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