. Railway track and track work . for the men to workin. It is well to partition off a separateroom beyond or at one side of thehand-car track; this contains the workbench, vise, grindstone, lockers, stove,clothes hooks, etc. It should also have a shelf desk for the use of the foremanin writing up his reports, time books, requisitions, etc. In some cases mis-cellaneous supplies are stored in a loft or attic, accessible by stairs which maybe hinged so as to lie against the ceiling. Shelves, hooks and racks for tools should be fitted up to suit the should also be boxes for small t
. Railway track and track work . for the men to workin. It is well to partition off a separateroom beyond or at one side of thehand-car track; this contains the workbench, vise, grindstone, lockers, stove,clothes hooks, etc. It should also have a shelf desk for the use of the foremanin writing up his reports, time books, requisitions, etc. In some cases mis-cellaneous supplies are stored in a loft or attic, accessible by stairs which maybe hinged so as to lie against the ceiling. Shelves, hooks and racks for tools should be fitted up to suit the should also be boxes for small tools and supplies; and boxes, kegs or half-barrels for different kinds of scrap. Long-handled tools, bars, etc., may bestood on end, with the tops resting in horizontal hooks or in inclined notchesin a shelf. Edge tools should be placed where they are not liable to should be a locker or cupboard for special or expensive tools. A slidingdoor, carried on an overhead rail, like a freight-car door, is generally prefera-. Plan. Fig. 137.—Section Tool House;Pennsylvania Lines. WATER AND COALING STATIONS. 213 ble to double swing doors, as being more easily handled in stormy weather,and less likely to get out of order or to be damaged by being swung to andfro. There should be ample room for the hand car to stand between the houseand the track without fouling trains. The section tool house of the Pennsylvania Lines, Fig. 137, is 15 ft. 2 ft. 3 ins. inside, with a track in the middle for the hand car and push car,which are shown by dotted lines. Double swing doors are used, and thereis said to be no trouble in handling them. The Boston & Maine Ry. has ahouse of plainer design, 15^X24 ft., 10 ft. high from sill to cap, and coveredwith clapboards. The roof slopes § on 1. There is a wooden floor on joists,and the clear height inside is 8 ft. to the joists of the attic floor, which isreached by a hinged ladder. The house is set parallel with the track, and notless tha
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