. The railroad and engineering journal . ain all cars intendedfor Locust Point, and none other ; Nos. 5 and 6 only those forCamden Station ; Nos. 7, 8, and g for Philadelphia, 10 and 11for New York, 12 and 13 for the Valley, 14 for the Hagerstown 144 THE RAILROAD AND [March, 1890. Branch, 15 and 16 for Washington, 17, 18, ig, and 20 for Pitts-burgh Division, 21 to 30 for the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest-ern, etc. So that in ordering out an engine and crew for a. Lo-cust Point run, say, the yardmaster simply directs : Findyour train of 25 cars (or 30 or 45 cars, as the case may be) onNo. 2. By th
. The railroad and engineering journal . ain all cars intendedfor Locust Point, and none other ; Nos. 5 and 6 only those forCamden Station ; Nos. 7, 8, and g for Philadelphia, 10 and 11for New York, 12 and 13 for the Valley, 14 for the Hagerstown 144 THE RAILROAD AND [March, 1890. Branch, 15 and 16 for Washington, 17, 18, ig, and 20 for Pitts-burgh Division, 21 to 30 for the Baltimore & Ohio Southwest-ern, etc. So that in ordering out an engine and crew for a. Lo-cust Point run, say, the yardmaster simply directs : Findyour train of 25 cars (or 30 or 45 cars, as the case may be) onNo. 2. By the peculiar construction of this yard there is nodanger, it is claimed, of blocking it. Thirty to 40 switching hour. The formal opening of the bridge is to take placeMarch 4. The Mittweida Viaduct.—The accompanying illustrationshows a viaduct recently built over the Mittweida Valley on theAnnaberg-Weiperter line of the Saxon State Railroad in Ger-many. As shown by the cut, it is a truss-bridge supported on ran AnnaJttrt Fall 1. 2J7,» engines can work in the yard at the same time without interfer-ing with one another. Incoming freight trains will pull into themain siding from the main track at the end of the yard, andfrom the main siding to the base, where it is left to the switchengine, the main-line locomotive and crew proceeding to theround-house. The round-houses, warehouses, etc., are to be at the west emof the yard. The entire yard will at night be bright as day withthe use of arc electric lights. It is probable that the oflicials will in the near future increasethe length of freight trains to 45 cars. Twenty eight is the usualnumber hauled by one locomotive at present.—Ballimore Sun. A Great Light-House.—The Light-House Board e,\pects toopen bids next July for the erection of a light-house on theOuter Diamond Shoal off Cape Hatteras, which will be one ofthe notable light-houses in the world, on account of the diffi-culties in the way of its construction which h
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