. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ide inspectionpit and locomotive storage tracks. As all the tracks out-side the shop was electrified, there is no need for a steamlocomotive to move the electric locomotives. On arrival from the road a locomotive passes betweenthe sand towers, where the sand boxes and rheostat freshwater tanks are filled and the running gear washed. Afterthis is completed it is moved on the same track to the in-spection pit, where it receives a complete mechanical andelectrical inspection. The trolley wire ov
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ide inspectionpit and locomotive storage tracks. As all the tracks out-side the shop was electrified, there is no need for a steamlocomotive to move the electric locomotives. On arrival from the road a locomotive passes betweenthe sand towers, where the sand boxes and rheostat freshwater tanks are filled and the running gear washed. Afterthis is completed it is moved on the same track to the in-spection pit, where it receives a complete mechanical andelectrical inspection. The trolley wire over this pit iseqiiipped with a disconnecting and grounding switch sothat the inspection of the pantagraphs and roofs can bemade in perfect safety. After inspection the locomotiveis put on one of the storage tracks until it is again repairs are to be made, the locomotive is pushed intothe shop by another electric locomotive. The water for shop purposes and for use in the liquidrheostats is obtained from a well located under the sub-station building. A deep well pump supplies this water to. Plan of General Layout of Virginian Railway LocomotiveInspection Shop the 125,000 gallon storage tank from which it is piped tothe shop and yard. For fire protection a motor drivenfire pump supplies water at high pressure to a pipe line towhich fire hydrants are connected at convenient points inthe shop yard. The Main Shop The main shop building has two bays and one wingwhich contains the carpenter shop, bake ovens and diptank. The first bay or inspection building is 206 ft. long and70 ft. wide and contains three pit tracks, long enough totake care of -a complete locomotive. These pits have ajacking shelf and are equipped with permanent lights aswell as receptacles for portable lamps and are piped forcompressed air. There is a drop pit near each end ofthese tracks so that six points have been provided fordropping wheels and engine trucks. The drop pits areequipped with portable hydra
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