. The street railway review . VIEWS OF TKAVELER SYSTEM IN SHOP. necessary change in direction being effected by long the piping is covered with asbestos; the Holly drain sys-tem is used to return the condensation in the pipes. The engine room is 235 ft. long by 60 ft. wide. Thereare 7 engines, i vertical cross-compound, 4 horizontal cross-compound and 2 250-11. p. tanden compound. The largevertical engine was built by the E. P. Allis Co., and hascylinders 40 and 78 in. by 48 in. stroke. It operates at 75r. p. 111. The valve gear is of the Corliss type; an automatic. PlIMPINC
. The street railway review . VIEWS OF TKAVELER SYSTEM IN SHOP. necessary change in direction being effected by long the piping is covered with asbestos; the Holly drain sys-tem is used to return the condensation in the pipes. The engine room is 235 ft. long by 60 ft. wide. Thereare 7 engines, i vertical cross-compound, 4 horizontal cross-compound and 2 250-11. p. tanden compound. The largevertical engine was built by the E. P. Allis Co., and hascylinders 40 and 78 in. by 48 in. stroke. It operates at 75r. p. 111. The valve gear is of the Corliss type; an automatic. PlIMPINC safety device closes a butterfly valve in the main steam pipeif the speed becomes three revolutions above normal. The fly-wheel is 25 ft. in diameter with a face of 24 in.;it weighs 160,000 lb. The main shaft is 27 in. in diameterwith 24 X 48 in. journals. The engine is equippetl with theRochester lubricator and pressure oiling system. The engine is designed to work most efficiently with aload of 3,000 li. p. It is direct connected to a 22-polc G. E. The foundations for the large engine are 19 ft. deep and38 X 25 ft. at the base. Iirst was put down a layer of con-crete 2 ft. deep; this was covered with 70-lb. rails, next came6 in. of concrete and a second layer of rails; next 6 in. ofconcrete and a third layer of rails; on this was 12 in. of con-crete and 13 ft. 6 in. of brickwork; on top of the brickwork
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