. Railway age . of New Mexico, better Icnown as theHelen cut-oIT of the Atchison. Topeka k Santa Ke, which was re-cently completed between Belen, N. Mex , and Texico, on the Texa« .Mexico boundary. The terminals for the eastern end are located at CloviB, N. Mex.,10 miles west of Texico, where the conditions were particularlyfavorable for a model arrangement. The coaling plant, which isshown on page 347, Is built of reinforced concrete and steel. The binnas a storage capacity of 750 tons and four tracks are served, twooutside and two underneath. The bin is filled by a belt rec
. Railway age . of New Mexico, better Icnown as theHelen cut-oIT of the Atchison. Topeka k Santa Ke, which was re-cently completed between Belen, N. Mex , and Texico, on the Texa« .Mexico boundary. The terminals for the eastern end are located at CloviB, N. Mex.,10 miles west of Texico, where the conditions were particularlyfavorable for a model arrangement. The coaling plant, which isshown on page 347, Is built of reinforced concrete and steel. The binnas a storage capacity of 750 tons and four tracks are served, twooutside and two underneath. The bin is filled by a belt receiving track is 250 ft. away, has room for 10 ears and issloped 1 per cent, for ease in moving the cars across the elevating capacity of the belt Is 120 tons an hour. The inclinefor the belt conveyor Is of steel frame construction and the rooftrusses over the bin are steel. All siding and roofing on the plantIs asbestos protected metal. Coal is weighed in steel hoppers suspended on a special Buffalo. Coaling and Cinder Plant at Belen, N. Mex., Under Construct) on, Topeka & Santa Ft. spectors building, oil house, air compressor |)laiit, heating plant,pump house, yardniaslcrs offlce. In excavating near I lie space set apart tor multiple unit repairshop, a very good supply f water has been found, it has been de-cided, therefore, to iuiild a reservoir located south of the maintracks nnd within the loop, thus placing It high enough to .supplyby gravity Mow the whole yard and also the hong Island City powerhouse. A pump house nnd wells are to be located near the Honey-well street viaduct and within the space for buildings. In a yard so large as that to be built at Sunnyslde. the problemof handling su|iplles, etc., is quite serious. In this case, a systemof telpher tracks has been designed whereby the overhead singlerail Irolley, or telpher, can be used to meet this neeil without Inany way Interfering with the train movements or other oi) the yards. These teli)
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