. American engineer and railroad journal . carefulattention from Mr. Humphrey. The boiler work is done in aportion of the locomotive shop 60 ft. long, including three of thepits. The blacksmith shop has two steam hammers, one 4,000lbs. and one 1,500 lbs., and is equipped with 18 Sturtevant forgesof the down-draft type, from which there is no smoke givenout into the shop. The power house is 60 by 80 ft. and it has three Allis-Corlissengines, of 125, 150 and 250 horse-power. The large enginedrives two 85-kw. dynamos for the mill and machine shopmotors, the 125 horse-power engine drives another g
. American engineer and railroad journal . carefulattention from Mr. Humphrey. The boiler work is done in aportion of the locomotive shop 60 ft. long, including three of thepits. The blacksmith shop has two steam hammers, one 4,000lbs. and one 1,500 lbs., and is equipped with 18 Sturtevant forgesof the down-draft type, from which there is no smoke givenout into the shop. The power house is 60 by 80 ft. and it has three Allis-Corlissengines, of 125, 150 and 250 horse-power. The large enginedrives two 85-kw. dynamos for the mill and machine shopmotors, the 125 horse-power engine drives another generator ofthe same capacity for the lights, and the 150 horse-power en-gine drives the main line shaft of the machine shop by a switchboard provides for connecting the three generatorsin any desired arrangement. Steam is supplied by four 150horse-power return-tube boilers, which are located in the boilerhouse, which is 110 ft. square and located at the end of the sawmill. The steam pipes to the power house are carried under the. Plan of New Shops of the Colorado & Southern Railway at Denver, Colo. pared on several roads for new shops, a description of thisplant is particularly timely. The distance from the Union Station is about a half mile,and the shops and switching yards are brought together inthe same plot. The office building containing the offices ofMr. A. L. Humphrey, Superintendent of Motive Power of theroad, and the Master Mechanic, is a building 38 ft. 5 ins. x 64ft., the store department being housed in an adjoining building32 ft. 3 ins. by 101 ft. in size, with a platform 48 ft. in widthand extending about 225 ft. beyond the end of the storehouse,where it terminates with an incline leading into two lowplatforms, 16 ft. wide by 150 ft. long. The transfer table,which is 70 ft. wide and 400 ft. long, extends the full lengthof the machine and car shops and reaches to the storehouseplatform. The machine shop has a transverse track arrangement andis 125 ft. by 3
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