. Railway age . t of locomotive maintenance, includingall the items of not only actual repair expenses, labor and material,but also interest, depreciation, insurance and taxes upon the plantprovided, is a question that should have the most careful consid-eration. The following analysis of the total cost will serve to indicatethe relative importance of the decisions that must be reached inorder to give each dollar expended a maximum earning sum total of the low and of the high figures shown willresult in grand totals which will show a wider range than the33% per cent, variation ind
. Railway age . t of locomotive maintenance, includingall the items of not only actual repair expenses, labor and material,but also interest, depreciation, insurance and taxes upon the plantprovided, is a question that should have the most careful consid-eration. The following analysis of the total cost will serve to indicatethe relative importance of the decisions that must be reached inorder to give each dollar expended a maximum earning sum total of the low and of the high figures shown willresult in grand totals which will show a wider range than the33% per cent, variation indicated by the unit figures of $3,000 to$4,000 per locomotive, but as it is improbable that any shop wouldbe built using either the lowest or the highest estimate for everyone of its parts it will be found that only in exceptional cases willthe actual total cost fall outside of the limits first given. . or ClLSr lrTIVE UKI-AIU SHOIS, On llio ItasiB of ^Tt Krectlng Limit DkiHtonn : Shop iriiriH riinwayM, transfer or liirntal)li-» Wiilir and .si-wit sysliin Ilplii); anil wliinir luninls and tiinnpl pi|iini;ltij|lilhii:i (•■orgi- Hliiip .^torelioii.*! and offlris (»inotive carpintcr Hliop tower honHp Oil liouse and ei)ulpmont .MIhc. IddKs. : .scrap lilns. mati>rlal sbedK. & l<^ijulpment for all lIppartinPDIs. Powerhouse equipment . TravellnK cranes 1 ..on Tool Iljiilpinent MeallnK .syslem Iowcr and ll^hllnR systems* I,.00 Iliinitdntr and lockers ;tiHi .Mr. wale], sii-am and oil piplne In bnlldlnga tiiNi Incidentals, ort!anlzallon and
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