. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . A. Brick Station at Holly, B. Concrete Station at Ponca City, 129.—Local Passenger Stations on the A. T. & Santa F6 Ry. station is placed apart from the freight house and surroundedby a grass plot with flower beds. The tendency on most roads is to adopt an artistic designfor local passenger stations along the line, and to further beautifythese by improving the grounds. Many railroads have a sepa-rate department in charge of a chief gardener who has charge STATION AND ROADWAY BUILDINGS 231 of the station grounds an
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . A. Brick Station at Holly, B. Concrete Station at Ponca City, 129.—Local Passenger Stations on the A. T. & Santa F6 Ry. station is placed apart from the freight house and surroundedby a grass plot with flower beds. The tendency on most roads is to adopt an artistic designfor local passenger stations along the line, and to further beautifythese by improving the grounds. Many railroads have a sepa-rate department in charge of a chief gardener who has charge STATION AND ROADWAY BUILDINGS 231 of the station grounds and lays them out and maintains theflower beds and shrubbery. Fig. 129 shows examples of local passenger stations. Local stations are generally side stations, although if the topog-raphy of the adjacent ground is suitable, they may be madeoverhead or under stations. The overhead station can be usedif the road is in a cut or located on a side hill, and in cities wherethe track is elevated it is frequently desirable to place the sta-tion below the tracks on the street level. On heavy-traffi
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