. American engineer and railroad journal . IXIZABETHPORT SHOPS, CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. 100 o 100 ^00 300 -TOO 500 600 700 5CALE. Reserved for Future Oaf? Shops SAYRE SHOPS—LEHIGH VALLKY May, 1904. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 163 15. The original layout should include all yard accessories,such u scrap bins, lavatories, miscellaneous storage, lumberyard, etc. It;. The power plant should be central as regards powerdistribution, but should be isolated as a precaution againstfire. The relative merits of the longitudinal and the transverseerecting shop, considered from
. American engineer and railroad journal . IXIZABETHPORT SHOPS, CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. 100 o 100 ^00 300 -TOO 500 600 700 5CALE. Reserved for Future Oaf? Shops SAYRE SHOPS—LEHIGH VALLKY May, 1904. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL 163 15. The original layout should include all yard accessories,such u scrap bins, lavatories, miscellaneous storage, lumberyard, etc. It;. The power plant should be central as regards powerdistribution, but should be isolated as a precaution againstfire. The relative merits of the longitudinal and the transverseerecting shop, considered from a construction and operatingstandpoint, have already been discussed, but the longitudinalshop lends itself more readily to the average layout conditions,and eliminates both the turntable and the transfer table (asregards the locomotive group of shops) from the problem,and these are generally realized to be obstacles in the way ofsimple and direct track connections. As regards the exten-sions dI buildings it is well to group the original structuresas near to one another as circumstances permit, and to re can usually be kept busy;
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