. American engineer and railroad journal . onditions will permit itwill probably be found most satisfactory to install a hand oper- 56 (Maich Number.) 4S February, 1910. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 49 ated cinder pit of sufficient length to accommodate a rush oflocomotives, so that they can be passed on to the turntable withan average delay of not to exceed five minutes or at the rateof twelve per hour. Since it takes in most cases on an averageof about thirty minutes to clean the fires and ash pans of largelocomotives, this means that the pits must be of a size, and asufficient nu
. American engineer and railroad journal . onditions will permit itwill probably be found most satisfactory to install a hand oper- 56 (Maich Number.) 4S February, 1910. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 49 ated cinder pit of sufficient length to accommodate a rush oflocomotives, so that they can be passed on to the turntable withan average delay of not to exceed five minutes or at the rateof twelve per hour. Since it takes in most cases on an averageof about thirty minutes to clean the fires and ash pans of largelocomotives, this means that the pits must be of a size, and asufficient number of men employed, to clean six locomotives i;i-multaiieously. The usual arrangement will be two parallel pitseach holding three locomotives, or about 200 ft. in length. Inaddition to these there should be a small cinder pit suitable forone locomotive, or about 30 ft. in length, on each of the outgo-ing tracks. Construction.—With the mechanically operated cinder pits, theconstruction, of course, is determined by the type and arrange-. GOOD DESIGN OF H-^ND OPERATED CINDER PIT. ment. With the hand operated pit it is almost universally ar-ranged to open on to a depressed track on which the cinder carsare stored. This construction has passed through several stagesof evolution and is now almost standard. The inner rail is car-ried on a row of cast iron columns and the outer rail either bysimilar columns, or the wall of the pit. The floor of the pit isusually extended about 2 ft. beyond the rail to form a platformfrom which the men can shovel and also to prevent the cindersfrom dropping into the depressed section. The older arrange-ment was always to have the outer rail on the wall of the pit,but it has been found that with wide firebox locomotives it ispreferable to carry it on a row of columns and set the wall backsome distance, so that the water will not collect on the outsideand the men can have a better footing for poking out the ashesin the pan. This also increases the sto
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