. Railroad construction. Theory and practice . ^ be built to accommodate two engines on one track, butthen they should be arranged to be entered at either end, so thatneither engine must wait for the other. In width there may beas many tracks as desired, but if the demand for stalls is large,it will probably be preferable to build a roundhouse/^ Rect-angular engine-houses are usually entered by a series of paralleltracks switching off from one or more main tracks, no turn-tablebeing necessary. If a turn-table is placed outside (because one 8x12. / , ^Concrete-80 0 — Fig. 162.—Engine-house. is
. Railroad construction. Theory and practice . ^ be built to accommodate two engines on one track, butthen they should be arranged to be entered at either end, so thatneither engine must wait for the other. In width there may beas many tracks as desired, but if the demand for stalls is large,it will probably be preferable to build a roundhouse/^ Rect-angular engine-houses are usually entered by a series of paralleltracks switching off from one or more main tracks, no turn-tablebeing necessary. If a turn-table is placed outside (because one 8x12. / , ^Concrete-80 0 — Fig. 162.—Engine-house. is needed at that part of the road) enough track should be allowedbetween the house and the turn-table so that engines may bequickly removed from the engine-house in case of fire withoutdepending on the tTirn-table to get them out of danger. Roundhouses. The plan of these is generally poh^gonalrather than circular. The straight walls are easier to build; theconstruction is more simple, and the general purpose is equallywell served. They may be built as a part of a circle or a com-plete circle, a passageway being allowed, so that there are twoentrances instead of one. When space is very limited a round-house w^ith turn-table will accommodate more engines in pro-portion to the space required (including the approaches) than arectangular house., The enlarged space on the outer side of eachsegment of a roundhouse furnishes the extra space which is neededfor the minor repairs which are usually made in a disadvantage is that sup
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