. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ence, and up-to-date constructionis not excelled by any other plant in thecountry. The work was designed andexecuted by Westinghouse Church Kerr& Company. Engineers and Constructors, north side of the main tracks, andthrough which were handled 30,823 loco-motives during the first four months ofthe present year, or an average of 255locomotives per day. During the sum-mer months the number of engines han-dled per day is about 300 which includesall the usual performances of cleaningtires, dumpin
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . ence, and up-to-date constructionis not excelled by any other plant in thecountry. The work was designed andexecuted by Westinghouse Church Kerr& Company. Engineers and Constructors, north side of the main tracks, andthrough which were handled 30,823 loco-motives during the first four months ofthe present year, or an average of 255locomotives per day. During the sum-mer months the number of engines han-dled per day is about 300 which includesall the usual performances of cleaningtires, dumping ashes, coaling, supplyingsand and water, washing boilers, andalso inspecting, together with any light station, sand storage, roundhouse officeand toilet building, engineers locker build-ing and telephone tower with all equip-ment and service inside of building andin yard. The power house is 135 ft. long and92 ft. wide with concrete boiler and ma-chine foundations. The building properis of brick with a structural steel framefor supporting boilers, stack, and coalbunkers; steel sash and NEW LOCOMOTIVE TERMINAL AT COMMUNIPAW, N. J., FOR THE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY. New York City, in co-operation with andunder the direction of Mr. Joseph O. Os-good, Chief Engineer, and Mr. A. , Prin. Asst. Engineer, of The Cen-tral Railroad Co. of New Jersey. It has been possible to provide a layoutof tracks, leading up and into the ter-minal, especially designed for the quickhandling of passenger power, formerlycared for in the two old engine houses atFiddlers and Communipaw, located on the running repairs that may be completed improvements consistof a power house to serve not only theengine terminal, but also to take care ofall electrical requirements of the railroadfrom the Jersey City water front to New-ark Eay. Two roundhouses, one 34-stall,100-ft., and one 32-stall, 90-ft., two , machine shop, blacksmithshop, storehouse and office, mater
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