. The railroad and engineering journal . Question 722. Ho70 are locomotives turned around on thetrack ? Answer. The most common means employed for that pur-pose is a turn-table, of which fig. 419 is a side elevation, fig. 420a plan, and fig. 42: a cross-section through the center on iheline II b.\ It consists of two heavy beams or girders made ofwood, cast ar wrought iron, placed side by side and resting ona pivot, P, fig, 421, in the center, on which they turn. Theyare placed in a circular pit, C C (part of which is omitted inthe plan), below the level of the track, A A, so that when rails *
. The railroad and engineering journal . Question 722. Ho70 are locomotives turned around on thetrack ? Answer. The most common means employed for that pur-pose is a turn-table, of which fig. 419 is a side elevation, fig. 420a plan, and fig. 42: a cross-section through the center on iheline II b.\ It consists of two heavy beams or girders made ofwood, cast ar wrought iron, placed side by side and resting ona pivot, P, fig, 421, in the center, on which they turn. Theyare placed in a circular pit, C C (part of which is omitted inthe plan), below the level of the track, A A, so that when rails * The figures represent a coal chute made and patented by Williams,White & of Moliiie, Designed by A. P. Boiler, , 71 Bruudway, New York. Fig. 42r. and if they are of sufficient length so that an engine andtender can be moved on ihem sufficiently to be balanced overthe center, gearing will not be needed ; but a simple leverfastened to the turntable will be all that will be required toturn the table and the engine and te
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