. Railway mechanical engineer . ludes only 2,080 feet of track with no box storage, thisyard being used principally for shifting. The locomotive boxes are unloaded from the vessels byuse of the French Titan cranes, loaded on flat cars and shift-ed to the locomotive box storage yard, unloaded by a 35-tonlocomotive crane, and sorted out into complete locomotives,or held until the complete sixteen boxes are availaljle. Whensorted properly they are again loaded on flat cars, seven carsto a locomotive, and shifted either to Shop No. 1, close athand, or Shop No. 2. The locomotives under erection are
. Railway mechanical engineer . ludes only 2,080 feet of track with no box storage, thisyard being used principally for shifting. The locomotive boxes are unloaded from the vessels byuse of the French Titan cranes, loaded on flat cars and shift-ed to the locomotive box storage yard, unloaded by a 35-tonlocomotive crane, and sorted out into complete locomotives,or held until the complete sixteen boxes are availaljle. Whensorted properly they are again loaded on flat cars, seven carsto a locomotive, and shifted either to Shop No. 1, close athand, or Shop No. 2. The locomotives under erection are handled in the Frenchshops by two 100-ton electric cranes and are erected in propersequence, that is, the drivers are placed, then the frames, theboiler, etc., until the locomotive is completed and ready to>be sent to Montoir engine facilities to be tested. The first locomotive was turned out at St. Nazaire shopsOctober 27, 1917. Since that time, up to and including De-cember 12, 1918, 1,032 locomotives have been Locomotive Tenders in Hold of Ship This does not include 30 smaller type saddle tank locomo-tives completed at Rennes. The maximum daily output wasobtained on September 6, when 14 locomotives were com-pleted, this number consisting of seven partiallv erected typeand seven knocked down type. The maximum weekly totalwas obtained during the week September 1 to 7, 1918, andwas 69 locomotives. This number included 39 partiallverected type and 29 knocked down t\i)e, and one saddle tanklocomotive. The maximum monthly total was obtained in 22 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 93, No. 1 September, 1918, and was 215 locomotives, 77 partiallyerected, 137 knocked down, and one saddle tank. It is estimated that erecting shops No. 1 and No. 2 arecapable of an output of 300 locomotives per month, 200knocked down, and 100 partially erected. This capacity wasnever realized, as the locomotives were not received from theStates in sufficient numbers, or were held up in port
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