. American engineer and railroad journal . chseparates the main portion of the engine house from that partcontaining the drop pits, machine shop and offices. The Roundhouse.—The main portion of the roundhouse, con-sisting of 26 stalls, is divided by two fire walls, with steel firedoors, into three portions. The drop pit section contains threestalls, and the machin ■•hop, which has a common wall with thedrop pit section, has n pit which may be used for engines requir-ing light repairs. Two of the pits in the main portion of thehouse arc equipped with a drop pit for ei The building has a depth o
. American engineer and railroad journal . chseparates the main portion of the engine house from that partcontaining the drop pits, machine shop and offices. The Roundhouse.—The main portion of the roundhouse, con-sisting of 26 stalls, is divided by two fire walls, with steel firedoors, into three portions. The drop pit section contains threestalls, and the machin ■•hop, which has a common wall with thedrop pit section, has n pit which may be used for engines requir-ing light repairs. Two of the pits in the main portion of thehouse arc equipped with a drop pit for ei The building has a depth of 90 ft., measured fiom center to centerof the wall columns &nd the distance from the center of theturntable to the inner wall of the house is 130 ft. iH in. Thetracks radiate at an angle of 5 <leg. 44 min. 52 sec. from ihecenter of the turntable. The foundation, pus and floor of the house are of concreteand the walls are of brick. The cciumns are of yellow pine, ofthe dimensions shown, and the roof trusses are of timber. The. CROSS-SECTION THROUGH THE DROP PIT SECTION OF THE ROUNDHOUSE. coaling station is also brought in on the track at the north andmay be stored on the three tracks just east of the tracks are on an incline and, as the coal is needed, a carmay be started down the grade with the aid of a pinch bar andbe stopped over the hopper, into which it is dumped and fromwhich it is elevated to the storage bins above the tracks. Thesand, after being dried in the sand house, is elevated to storagetanks in the coaling plant by compressed air. The tracks over which the coal and sand are brought in donot in any way interfere with the incoming and outgoing tracksfor the engines; the only place where there is liable to be anyinterference is in connection with the cinder cars from the ashpit and this can readily be guarded against. Ordinarily theengines come in and go out at the eastern end of the plant butprovision has been made so that in case of emerg
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