. American engineer and railroad journal . kilowatts each, the cost of repairs andrenewals amounted to 26 cents per kilowatt per annum, includ-ing all repairs to boilers, turbines, condensers, pumps, gener-tators and electrical apparatus. The Cambria Steel Company has taken up the manufacture ofsteel cars. January, hoi. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 2 8 A MODERN ROUNDHOUSE, Chicago & Northwestern Railway, at Clinton, la. The large and thoroughly equipped roundhouse plant of theChicago & Northwestern Railway at Clinton, la., is an exampleof improvement in a direction toward which compa
. American engineer and railroad journal . kilowatts each, the cost of repairs andrenewals amounted to 26 cents per kilowatt per annum, includ-ing all repairs to boilers, turbines, condensers, pumps, gener-tators and electrical apparatus. The Cambria Steel Company has taken up the manufacture ofsteel cars. January, hoi. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 2 8 A MODERN ROUNDHOUSE, Chicago & Northwestern Railway, at Clinton, la. The large and thoroughly equipped roundhouse plant of theChicago & Northwestern Railway at Clinton, la., is an exampleof improvement in a direction toward which comparatively interesting. There are 48 stalls and two spaces, the plans pro-viding for doubling the capacity when necessary. The house Is375 ft. in outside diameter, the interior wall being 207 ft. Indiameter and the turntable 70 ft. long. The tracks provide fortwo entrances for engines, the coal, sand and ash apparatusbeing conveniently located. When completed there will bethree cinder pits, as shown in the plan. The shop is 60 x 150. 7o &C0fo- Roundhouse Plant.—Chicago & Northwestern Railway, Clinton, of Tracks, Roundhouse and Proposed Extension- ~!-l ~t-JA 3r -• rrrr--VrS •-*-*• 2-V rrrr L«v4 ^-/--J /fear E/eya//o/7.
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