. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . lit I MI IC \ I llIC STATION IKi. 7!i. Il, viKou^i- VM> -iin: »i iiv> v\> vr TI,P«p siihwavs lead from taeli pUUIoini, bctweLn tiaL-ks, . a larger subwaywhici, ties to the station tracks. They are 7 feet wide in the clear and havea grade of 15 per cent. 238 Los Angeles Tiirmikai. Ixvesticatiox ])lan Icir a station located at the side of the tracks, for there is less climl)iiigthan in any other scheme where the passengers are restrained from crossingthe station track
. Report on railroad grade crossing elimination and passenger and freight terminals in Los Angeles . lit I MI IC \ I llIC STATION IKi. 7!i. Il, viKou^i- VM> -iin: »i iiv> v\> vr TI,P«p siihwavs lead from taeli pUUIoini, bctweLn tiaL-ks, . a larger subwaywhici, ties to the station tracks. They are 7 feet wide in the clear and havea grade of 15 per cent. 238 Los Angeles Tiirmikai. Ixvesticatiox ])lan Icir a station located at the side of the tracks, for there is less climl)iiigthan in any other scheme where the passengers are restrained from crossingthe station tracks. The track le\el is reached by side subways from each platform, requir-ing a climb of ten feet. Ramps are used here also, there being no stairwaysfor the use of passengers. Platforms are of asphalt, with concrete are slightly above the le\-el of the top of the rails and are connected atseveral points for trucking i^if baggage, mail and FIG. SO. SOI PACIFIC STATIOiN VAKU FOURTH .STHEKT This view, talten from the north end o( the yard, shows the concrete umbretla sheds,station platforms and trains. Tlie depot building is on the riglit. The platforms are covered by concrete butterfly sheds 720 feet long,the platforms being somewhat longer. Since the side subways branch bothways from the main subway, it is possible to open the subway nearest to therear end of the train where the ])assengers ride. In this way, the north sidesubways are used for incoming trains from the north and the south side suli-ways are opened for trains leaving for the north. By the use of difterenttracks, it is possible to keep the incoming and outgoing streams of passen-gers separate. This also ])rovides a means of sejjarating the passengers from the hand-ling and trucking of the baggage, mail ami express, the interference of whichis to be avoided, both for safctv and conxenience. (IF Passenger Ieumixai. 239 KAL
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