. Railway master mechanic [microform] . cinder pit at the new shops of theTerminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, lo-cated at East St. Louis, 111., is one of the most interestingwhich has come to our notice. Its design is the workof the engineering department of the road. The plan, cross-section and side elevation of the pitare shown by the illustration. Provision is made fortwo parallel tracks on which ash pans are dumped,and between these tracks is a, depressed track ,on which gondola cars are run for receiving -and whose bottoms and walls are formed by the founda-tion material, and in w
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . cinder pit at the new shops of theTerminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, lo-cated at East St. Louis, 111., is one of the most interestingwhich has come to our notice. Its design is the workof the engineering department of the road. The plan, cross-section and side elevation of the pitare shown by the illustration. Provision is made fortwo parallel tracks on which ash pans are dumped,and between these tracks is a, depressed track ,on which gondola cars are run for receiving -and whose bottoms and walls are formed by the founda-tion material, and in which cinders are held by anapron which is kept closed by an automatic the several chutes have become filled and a carhas been run into the pit to receive the cinders, theaprons are freed and allowed to fall open, depositingcinders into the car. In order that the aprons maynot open beyond a certain point, they are retained bya chain, which is also used to again close the chuteswhen they have been emptied. That portion of the. Side Cleyof/on Cinder Pit—Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. transporting ash and cinders. The cinder pitis 271 ft. long, and throughout this length thedepressed track is level, being elevated to grade be-yond the pit. Each dump track is on a concrete foun-dation 16 ft. deep from top of rail, of a form shownby accompanying cross-section. The outer rail of eachtrack is supported on a timber 10 in. square, which inturn rests on the concrete foundation. The inner railof each track is supported on cast iron pedestals. Be-tween the several pedestals are chutes, as shown, foundation supporting the pedestals and between thechutes provides a surface for workmen to stand uponwhen cleaning ash pans. The rails are held fromspreading by wrought iron tie rods. On each side ofthe depressed track are two niches in the walls of thepit, equally spaced from the ends, for the safety ofemployes who may be in the pit when a car is ap-proaching. The bottom
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