. American engineer and railroad journal . ial track equippedwith conveniently arranged turntables. The design and construc-tion of these pits, which are standard on this railroad, was de-scribed in the Americ. Engineer, Dec, 1910, page 467. Thetracks in whici; they are locate^ are some 23 feet longer thanihose in other parts of the house, thus permitting the rear driv-inj; wheels to be handled on the engine drop pits without cut-ting the tender off and backing the locomotive in, which is avery customary procedure in many other less modern Shop .^nd Office Building. The convenien
. American engineer and railroad journal . ial track equippedwith conveniently arranged turntables. The design and construc-tion of these pits, which are standard on this railroad, was de-scribed in the Americ. Engineer, Dec, 1910, page 467. Thetracks in whici; they are locate^ are some 23 feet longer thanihose in other parts of the house, thus permitting the rear driv-inj; wheels to be handled on the engine drop pits without cut-ting the tender off and backing the locomotive in, which is avery customary procedure in many other less modern Shop .^nd Office Building. The convenient proximity of this structure to the roundhousehas been commented upon. It is also of brick on concrete foun-dations, with an area of 60 feet by 120 feet, and contains on thefirst floor, from west to east, the office space, 21 feet by 60 feet,in which is included that of the master mechanic, chief clerk,rcundhouse foreman, and the engine dispatcher, this portion of 12 VitTtle Coping laid id Cemeot MortaES^Concrete Slab on Kahn ^ y. . VIEWS OF COMBINED STORE ROOM, OIL HOUSE, M.\CHIXE SHOP ANU OIFICE lumber, and having a length of 8 ft., permit considerable move-ment of the locomotive, a very important consideration in aterminal such as this where valve setting is frequently performedwith the engine under steam. The jacks over the drop pits aremade 31 ft. long, providing for the greatest possible range ofposition of the locomotive underneath. Scarcely secondary in impoitance to this desirable feature isthe heating system, which during the severest weather of thepast winter thoroughly demonstrated its efficiency. In this instal-lation the hot air blast system was erected complete by theRayley Mfg. Co., of ililwaukee, Wis., in a fan room adjacentto and abutting from the west wall of the roundhouse. Two distinct fans and engines have been provided, both ofwhich when operated at moderate load wdl maintain a tem-perature on the coldest days from 50 to 75 deg
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