. Railway age . eam into the trough. A steam main Is runfrom the boiler house (o a liciween tracks. In this Iwx a covered steatu pipe ruius the full length of the trough and at in-terralii of 25 or 3U ft. a smalt pipe runs to the trough. The diagramalso shows the automatic valves and water lines. Figs. H and 9 show the details of a four-track steam-heated In-stallation on the I.^ke Shore at Sprlngfleld, Pa., Kig. S being aphotograph of the same. In a general way (his covers all tracktanks heated directly by steam. The difference between this andearlier inhtailatlons is that here the stea

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. Railway age . eam into the trough. A steam main Is runfrom the boiler house (o a liciween tracks. In this Iwx a covered steatu pipe ruius the full length of the trough and at in-terralii of 25 or 3U ft. a smalt pipe runs to the trough. The diagramalso shows the automatic valves and water lines. Figs. H and 9 show the details of a four-track steam-heated In-stallation on the I.^ke Shore at Sprlngfleld, Pa., Kig. S being aphotograph of the same. In a general way (his covers all tracktanks heated directly by steam. The difference between this andearlier inhtailatlons is that here the steam pipe is carried atxtvethe level of trough and does not become llll<-d with water, whereasthe old method was to larry the steam main below the surface, ando ; I i>—-i I ii^y-tf-r-f —~-f. u es 4< -- - - — ijo- Fig. 8—Details of Typical Direct Steam Heated Installation; Lake Shore &. Michigan Southern Track

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