. American engineer and railroad journal . hen it was foundimperative to greatly enlarge the existing yards the decision wasmade to build entirely new yards across the river from ihepresent terminal and transfer all freight traffic to that point,therefore the original plan at Clinton has not been carried outand an entirely new locomotive terminal has been constructed engines can be run around those that may be on the pit andbrought into the house more quickly. A branch from the south-erly track, being taken off between the coal chute and cinderpit, permits a reverse movement eastward for engin
. American engineer and railroad journal . hen it was foundimperative to greatly enlarge the existing yards the decision wasmade to build entirely new yards across the river from ihepresent terminal and transfer all freight traffic to that point,therefore the original plan at Clinton has not been carried outand an entirely new locomotive terminal has been constructed engines can be run around those that may be on the pit andbrought into the house more quickly. A branch from the south-erly track, being taken off between the coal chute and cinderpit, permits a reverse movement eastward for engines goingto that end of the yard. The water cranes are located aboutmidway between the coaling station and cinder pit and all sand-ing is done at the sand tower just before going on to the turn-table Other buildings in connection with the terminal consist ofa large structure 100 x no ft., which houses the machine shop,the blacksmith shop and powerhouse: it is located just to theeast of the roundhouse. Adjoining this is a small brick build-. GENERAL LAYOUT OF FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE AT EAST CLINTON, CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY. m connection with the new yards and at this point all freightengines will be taken care of, leaving the present 50 stall housefor passenger service only. For the purpose of facilitating the movement of locomotivesas much as possible the new terminal has been located at a con-venient point near the center of the yards, so that locomotivesgoing to or coming from the roundhouse will require a minimum amount of switching and a minimum distance to is planned to have all nicoming and outgoing engines han-dled from the western side of the roundhouse, although a singleexit and entrance track has been provided on the eastern side,being equipped with a small ash pit and water crane. A studyof the general layout will show that there are two tracks comingfrom the yard which branch into four tracks before reachngthe coal chute, on any one of which c
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