. The Street railway journal . the locomotive tanks. An aircompressor is also provided for increasingthe tank pressure when necessary. Thepumps may also be used for fire purposesshould occasion require. In addition tothe station equipment there are four hoistingengines located at different points, as notedabove, and two steam capstans for movingthe shovel crane back and forth along itsrun. Fig. 7 illustrates the coaling and water-ing station for the Third Avenue locomo-tives. The coal is first drawn by an attend-ant from the elevated bunkers into balancedtilting hoppers which hold about one-fo
. The Street railway journal . the locomotive tanks. An aircompressor is also provided for increasingthe tank pressure when necessary. Thepumps may also be used for fire purposesshould occasion require. In addition tothe station equipment there are four hoistingengines located at different points, as notedabove, and two steam capstans for movingthe shovel crane back and forth along itsrun. Fig. 7 illustrates the coaling and water-ing station for the Third Avenue locomo-tives. The coal is first drawn by an attend-ant from the elevated bunkers into balancedtilting hoppers which hold about one-fourthof a ton each, and by which the weight istallied, and from which it is readily dumpedby the firemen into the tender. Each loco-motive takes on 560 lbs. for a round trip ofnearly seventeen miles. So perfect are thecoaling arrangements, that after the steamshovel stops at night only one man is re-quired at the station to coal all the locomo-tives of the Third Avenue line that requirefuel before 5:30 the next morning. As the. FIG 5—SCOTCH MARINE BOILERS EMPLOYEDAVENUE ELEVATED AT TERMINAL STATIONRAILWAYS, NEW YORK. OF SECOND AND THIRD February, 1894.] THE STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 85 locomotives come in for fuel and water the fires areraked and the ashes dumped into flues leading into fire-proof chambers beneath, when they are carted away.
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