. American engineer and railroad journal . ss than one minute. We handle the coal fromsteel-hopper self-dumping cars to the locomotive tenders fromthese coaling trestles at a cost ranging between Vz cent and 1cent per ton, depending on the effect that weather conditions. operates the gate, controlling the flow from the large storage,from the measuring pocket platform; the coal can then bedumped from the measuring pockets to the tenders either fromthe measuring pocket platform, or from the engine cab. Theamount of coal received and disbursed on each coaling trestleis balanced each day, and what
. American engineer and railroad journal . ss than one minute. We handle the coal fromsteel-hopper self-dumping cars to the locomotive tenders fromthese coaling trestles at a cost ranging between Vz cent and 1cent per ton, depending on the effect that weather conditions. operates the gate, controlling the flow from the large storage,from the measuring pocket platform; the coal can then bedumped from the measuring pockets to the tenders either fromthe measuring pocket platform, or from the engine cab. Theamount of coal received and disbursed on each coaling trestleis balanced each day, and what slight adjustments may benecessary, can be promptly taken care of. There is very little difficulty or expense experienced onaccount of spilled coal from the tenders having to be pickedup from the ground, and we think that the labor expense inconnection with handling the coal around the trestle is reducedto the minimum. It should be stated that the air cylinders were made of suchdiameters as to insure closing the gates through the streams. FRONT ELEVATION OF THE 2 AND 4-TON MEASURING POCKETS AS APPLIED TO A STORAGE TRESTLE, AND CROSS SECTION SHOWING CLEARANCES OF ROLLING STOCK. daily delivery from the chutes and other items have in connec-tion with the work. We have one man on duty during thetwelve-hour day shift, and one during the twelve-hour nightshift, and where in the neighborhood of 500 tons of coal aredisbursed during the twenty-four hours, this man has alsoconsiderable time to spend in the drying of sand. When the storage is practically empty, the practice is tohave a switch engine place five cars on the trestle, which areimmediately dumped; the empty cars are then taken down, andfive additional cars run up and dumped; these latter emptycars are then taken down and another lot of five cars placedon the trestle, and the hopper doors opened. This makes astorage of 750 tons, 500 tons of which will be in the storagepockets in the trestle, and 250 tons in the cars. In additi
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