. Railway mechanical engineer . - of the pit, and until any one pit is completely ajjijuii^. A Plan View and Cross Section of One of the Circular Pits separate points. Freight power from and to the west, ,locomotives used on the Syracuse and Rochester divisions,are handled at DeWitt, a combined engine terminal andfreight yard, while those on the Mohawk division (Syracuseto Albany) are handled at Minoa. Both of these terminalsare east of Syracuse proper. Other freight power is ordi-narily handled at Belle Isle to the west but at the present isbeing turned at Solvay. In more detail, the powe


. Railway mechanical engineer . - of the pit, and until any one pit is completely ajjijuii^. A Plan View and Cross Section of One of the Circular Pits separate points. Freight power from and to the west, ,locomotives used on the Syracuse and Rochester divisions,are handled at DeWitt, a combined engine terminal andfreight yard, while those on the Mohawk division (Syracuseto Albany) are handled at Minoa. Both of these terminalsare east of Syracuse proper. Other freight power is ordi-narily handled at Belle Isle to the west but at the present isbeing turned at Solvay. In more detail, the power now turned at Solvay consistsof both passenger and freight lfx;omotivcs for the followingapproximate number of trains and divisions over which theypass: The passenger train movement over the Syracuse divi- filled, the number of engine positions is not reduced. Whilethe long pit will allow greater storage capacity for the samenumber of engine positions, nevertheless to utilize the maxi-mum storage capacity of the long pit, the number of enginepositions must be reduced for a portion of t


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