. Railway mechanical engineer . group being motor driven and consisting of the fol-lowing : One 26-in. double-head 20-in. single-head 36-in. twist drill grinder. GROUP NO. 1 One 20-ii emery grinder, boring mill. shaper. double head grindc Jib and bracket cranes are provided in the machine andblacksmith shops. The pipe shop is equipped with a 4-in. motor-driven pipemachine. A tilting brass furnace using crude oil as fuel,two coke metal fires and a portable fuel oil burner are usedfor heating and metaling crosshead shoes, etc. A tool room 20 ft. by 20 ft. is loc
. Railway mechanical engineer . group being motor driven and consisting of the fol-lowing : One 26-in. double-head 20-in. single-head 36-in. twist drill grinder. GROUP NO. 1 One 20-ii emery grinder, boring mill. shaper. double head grindc Jib and bracket cranes are provided in the machine andblacksmith shops. The pipe shop is equipped with a 4-in. motor-driven pipemachine. A tilting brass furnace using crude oil as fuel,two coke metal fires and a portable fuel oil burner are usedfor heating and metaling crosshead shoes, etc. A tool room 20 ft. by 20 ft. is located in a position con-venient for the machine shop and roundhouse forces and iswell equipped with shelving and racks for holding theeijuipment. The blacksmith shop is equipped with two double forgeswith space for doubling this capacity in the future. Thereis also one open or heavy fire served by a two-ton mast cranewhich also serves the ],50()-1b. steam liummcr. A . hammer takes care of the small work. Other tools. An Interior View Showing the Crane Bay 8 .RAILWAY MBCHANICAL ENGINEER 96, No. 1 and facilities have been installed in quantity and characternecessary to round out the facilities in making economicalrepairs. A No. 7 blower supplies the blast for the forges andtires in the blacksmith shop and also takes care of the iiangelire in the boiler shop. The boiler shop is provided with two punching and shear-ing machines, a double head grinder, a hack saw and a fluecutter. The flange fire is served by a two-ton bracket boiler and power house contains one water-tube boilerof ISO hp. capacity. Foundations have been provided for thefuture installation of additional boilers. The chimney ofreinforced concrete, 110 ft. high, is located in the boilerroom and is designed to care for 500 boiler hp. A creosotedtinil)er trestle is located outside of the boiler room and pro-vides for the delivery of coal by gravit} to the boiler roomdoor. The air compressor r
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