. Railway age . ent has had under consideration the repro-duction of the entire plant at another point onthe system. In the main shop of this plant the larger In-dividual motor-driven tools are located in theerecting bay, that is made extra wide for this pur-pose. The disadvantage of this arrangement Isthe necessity of increasing the span of the travel-ing cranes and thereby adding to their cost. The Battle Creek Shops uf the (Jrand Trunk.—The distinguishing feature of this arrangementis the efficient use of the j-ard crane idea, extend-ing over the storehouse tracks and part of thestorehouse
. Railway age . ent has had under consideration the repro-duction of the entire plant at another point onthe system. In the main shop of this plant the larger In-dividual motor-driven tools are located in theerecting bay, that is made extra wide for this pur-pose. The disadvantage of this arrangement Isthe necessity of increasing the span of the travel-ing cranes and thereby adding to their cost. The Battle Creek Shops uf the (Jrand Trunk.—The distinguishing feature of this arrangementis the efficient use of the j-ard crane idea, extend-ing over the storehouse tracks and part of thestorehouse platforms. This crane serves all atthe ends of the bays of the machine and erectingshop; the foundry, forge shop and frog shop, andeventually can be extended over the car repairtracks. The midway space under the crane,which will be used partly for storage of materials,is provided with a system of industrial tracks,which are a part of a network extending through-out the entire plant. The boiler and tank shop in. Fig. 3—Proposed Arrangement, Superseded by Layout in Fie .,,.„,„i.,i /,„,„ ih, i,i,il,,l I., forililiili anil Iniik frnm oni i: ThehiIIII Ui
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