. Electric railway journal . FAST SCHEDULES AIDED BY GOOD TRACK LOCATIONS No. 1—Double-track construction in elevated center 2—Double-track construction in park adjacent to a street. No. 3—A flexible safety aisle in a congested 4—Reel car used to support a unique track harrow. The front is arranged in a series of arches, each ofwhich spans two tracks in the carhouse. In the endwall of each bay over the supporting pier is the mono-gram of the company with dimensions about 6 ft. rolling steel doors are fitted under eacharch. The roof has over 200 sk
. Electric railway journal . FAST SCHEDULES AIDED BY GOOD TRACK LOCATIONS No. 1—Double-track construction in elevated center 2—Double-track construction in park adjacent to a street. No. 3—A flexible safety aisle in a congested 4—Reel car used to support a unique track harrow. The front is arranged in a series of arches, each ofwhich spans two tracks in the carhouse. In the endwall of each bay over the supporting pier is the mono-gram of the company with dimensions about 6 ft. rolling steel doors are fitted under eacharch. The roof has over 200 skylights in it, each ofwhich is about 8 ft. x 16 ft. In the carhouse the tracksare on concrete pit walls for a length of about 200 ft.,the pit floors having a 1 per cent grade. These pitsare placed under each track with shallow pits on eitherside. These shallow pits collect the snow or water thatdrops from the sides of the car when in storage aftera trip, permit easier journal inspection and facilitatecar washing. Eac
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