. Railway mechanical engineer . d abandoned the operationof the Michigan City, Ind., terminal except for such loco-motives as are required in local work. The new engine ter-minal is part of a project for the transfer of the freight ter-minals of tlie Middle and Western divisions from MichiganCity to Niles in order to equalize the mileage and improve miles by the air line, while the \\estern division is increasedto a length of 92 miles. The terminal includes a modern 30-stall engine house ofthe shed-roof type, supported b)- four concrete posts betweeneach pair of stalls, a 600-ton Link Belt coa
. Railway mechanical engineer . d abandoned the operationof the Michigan City, Ind., terminal except for such loco-motives as are required in local work. The new engine ter-minal is part of a project for the transfer of the freight ter-minals of tlie Middle and Western divisions from MichiganCity to Niles in order to equalize the mileage and improve miles by the air line, while the \\estern division is increasedto a length of 92 miles. The terminal includes a modern 30-stall engine house ofthe shed-roof type, supported b)- four concrete posts betweeneach pair of stalls, a 600-ton Link Belt coaling station, twocinder pit tracks over a 125-ft. concrete pit, and a six-pitlocomotive repair shop. On the side of the roundhouse near-est the cinder pit, separate buildings have been erected, oneto serve as an oil house and the other to house the offices ofthe engine despatcher and general foreman and to providelocker room and lavatories for the engine crews. The hotwater washout and filling equipment and fuel oil storage for.
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