. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . enders holding5,000 gallons of water and a large supplyof coal. There are four semi-ellipticsprings in each truck with the ends sup-ported by swinging hangers, which takesoff the wear of the ends of springs in thepockets; on these springs the truck bol-ster rests. This tender is said to ridevery easy and steady. The tender framehas two body truss rods running under acentral needle beam, similar to freightcars. At Nashville there are two engine-houses with the necessary repair shops,one for each division.
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . enders holding5,000 gallons of water and a large supplyof coal. There are four semi-ellipticsprings in each truck with the ends sup-ported by swinging hangers, which takesoff the wear of the ends of springs in thepockets; on these springs the truck bol-ster rests. This tender is said to ridevery easy and steady. The tender framehas two body truss rods running under acentral needle beam, similar to freightcars. At Nashville there are two engine-houses with the necessary repair shops,one for each division. These two plantsare located a considerable distance apart,but they are to be consolidated. A largenew roundhouse of a permanent characterwas going up in the terminal yards notfar from the new Union station. Verylikely it is finished and occupied by thetime this meets the eyes of our readers. The new shops at Paris, Ky., are alsounder way. They consist of a machineshop, 90 X 120 feet; a blacksmith shop,70 X 100 feet; the boiler and tender shop,set close together, each 65 x 90 feet. The. AMAJUBA HILL, NATAL. here is of such a character that flues haveto be changed after four or five monthsservice. The shops are being enlargedyearly, both in the size of the buildingsand the amount of machinery, some twelveor fourteen additional machines havingbeen put in the machine shop alone. Over-head cranes and run-ways for air hoiststo shift heavy work to and from the ma-chines are put up. Air hoists are plenty ing the tool-room with various points inthe shop. A workman can press thebutton and call a messenger boy fromthe tool-room, give him a check, and havethe tool he wants brought to his is also a speaking tube running tothe remote part of the shop, by which thetool-room can be called up. This savesconsiderable of the worktnans Louisville & Nashville Railroad March, 1900. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEEKING 103 have a plan for making eccentric camsand straps of a standard size a
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