. Electric railway journal . utilization of the other shops for light inspec-tion work and car storage, and likewise the presentScottsburg shop. In an accompanying drawing the complete layout ofthe shop and track facilities at Scottsburg as plannedby H. H. Buckman, master mechanic, may be seen. Itwill be noted that the main overhaul shop, machineshop, armature room, forge shop, store room, etc., areto be located in a building which is to be built as anextension to the present shop building. The offices ofthe master mechanic will remain where they are nowin the present shop, although there will
. Electric railway journal . utilization of the other shops for light inspec-tion work and car storage, and likewise the presentScottsburg shop. In an accompanying drawing the complete layout ofthe shop and track facilities at Scottsburg as plannedby H. H. Buckman, master mechanic, may be seen. Itwill be noted that the main overhaul shop, machineshop, armature room, forge shop, store room, etc., areto be located in a building which is to be built as anextension to the present shop building. The offices ofthe master mechanic will remain where they are nowin the present shop, although there will be a balconyoffice for the general foreman in the new building. Themain overhauling shop will be served by ten tracks,whereby ten large cars may be simultaneously row of pillars extending across the center of thisspace divides it into two portions which will be servedby a 30-ton 75-ft. span cab-operated traveling craneand a 20-ton 67-ft. span floor-operated traveling crane. July 2, 1921 Electric Railway Journal 5. Standard Interstate Box CarView showing- rounded end and tiebar connecting the side frames of thetrucks. None of the tracks will have pits except for shallowones at the inner ends of the tracks to aid the truckoverhaul work. The scheme of handling overhaul willbe to pick up the entire car body with the large crane,roll the trucks forward from underneath it, and lowerthe body onto horses or shop trucks. Any portion ofthe truck can thenbe picked up withthe smaller craneand delivered to anymachine in the entireshop, the runway ofthis crane extendingfrom the wall of thepresent shop to theopposite end of thenew building, 195 efficiency of thislayout can be readilyappreciated by astudy of the accom-panying floor planshowing the variousmachine locations. Itwas originallyplanned to build anew carpenter andpaint shop to thesouth of and adja-cent to the machineand overhaul shopalready described. More recently, however, the Scotts-burg power house belonging to
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