. Electric railway journal . e rec-lamation department,who is thus able tosubdivide the recla-mation work amongthe three to producethe best over-all re-sults. The weldingand sheet metal shopsoccupy a long narrowroom, 16 ft. wide,which was created byputting a concreteroof with skylightsover a runway be-tween the truck shopon one side and thewheel and blacksmithshops on the other. Atpresent the 150 ft. ofavailable length is di-vided up by means oflight partitions thus:The tin shop has 32ft.; the welding shop(including small of-fice), 102 ft., and the motor-shell oven, 16 ft. The reclamation or w
. Electric railway journal . e rec-lamation department,who is thus able tosubdivide the recla-mation work amongthe three to producethe best over-all re-sults. The weldingand sheet metal shopsoccupy a long narrowroom, 16 ft. wide,which was created byputting a concreteroof with skylightsover a runway be-tween the truck shopon one side and thewheel and blacksmithshops on the other. Atpresent the 150 ft. ofavailable length is di-vided up by means oflight partitions thus:The tin shop has 32ft.; the welding shop(including small of-fice), 102 ft., and the motor-shell oven, 16 ft. The reclamation or welding shop may be consideredas divided longitudinally in half, one side being an8-ft. runway and storage space, which is served by atrolley crane. On the other side are stalls separatedby light, portable partitions, about 8 ft. high, for thethree types of welding. The generator used to furnishacetylene for the gas welding is housed in a small lean-to adjacent to the tin shop. A summary of the work which has been done in the. TWO VIEWS IN THE NEW WELDING SHOP View Mt left is toward tin shop and shows crane and crane at work on the repair of a truck frame. The portable pariryons runway, electric welders in foreground and thermit welder in between welders stands were removed for the purpose of maklnK background. View at right shows thermit welder in foreground these 1116 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 57, No. 25
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