. Electric railway journal . tz3 LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH PITS IN INSPECTION SHOP 974 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 20 and held with 4-in. I-beams supported from the the ends these walks are ramped up to the topsof the rails. In the car-washing tracks the concreteis sloped to provide surface drainage. A noteworthy feature of the arrangement of thesmaller rooms along the side of the building is thelocation of a spacious boiler room and coal storage space,with a stub track on which fuel is brought into thebuilding. There is also a hot-water heater in the boilerroom for sup
. Electric railway journal . tz3 LONGITUDINAL SECTION THROUGH PITS IN INSPECTION SHOP 974 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 20 and held with 4-in. I-beams supported from the the ends these walks are ramped up to the topsof the rails. In the car-washing tracks the concreteis sloped to provide surface drainage. A noteworthy feature of the arrangement of thesmaller rooms along the side of the building is thelocation of a spacious boiler room and coal storage space,with a stub track on which fuel is brought into thebuilding. There is also a hot-water heater in the boilerroom for supplying water to the washrooms. One ofthe small rooms is used as a stockroom, one as a shopand one for oil storage. Special accommodations areprovided for women, as it has been the practice of the. SECTIONAL ELEVATION OF INSPECTION SHOP, SHOWINGPIT CONSTRUCTION company for several years to employ them as carcleaners. The remodelling of the inspection shop permitted theremoval of a small shop in the main carhouse. The/atter stood near the front of the building over the tracks, making it impracticable to use the rearportion of this track except for the storage of sweepersor other inactive equipment. With the maximum useof this track, the building now has a running capacityof about sixty-five cars. Since the removal of the building containing themens room to provide space for the pull-in track, asmentioned previously, the transportation foremansoffice and quarters for the men are located in a two-story brick building just across the street from themain carhouse. Pneumatic Tie Tamping Saves onReconstruction THE United Railroads of San Francisco recentlytried out and adopted a pneumatic tie-tamping out-fit which has been found to afford a saving in cost andlabor. As careful re
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