. American engineer and railroad journal . ads the cinders into the cars on thecenter track. This crane is of the four-motor type, operatedfrom a cab carried on the trolley. The cinder pits are usuallykept filled witli water to a depth of 4 or 5 ft. It will be readily apparent that this same cinder handlmgapparatus can be used in case of an emergency for coaling loco-motives by simply putting the loaded coal cars on the cinder cartrack and using the grab bucket and crane to load the of the illustrations shows the construction at this point veryclearly. A supply of coal can be obtai
. American engineer and railroad journal . ads the cinders into the cars on thecenter track. This crane is of the four-motor type, operatedfrom a cab carried on the trolley. The cinder pits are usuallykept filled witli water to a depth of 4 or 5 ft. It will be readily apparent that this same cinder handlmgapparatus can be used in case of an emergency for coaling loco-motives by simply putting the loaded coal cars on the cinder cartrack and using the grab bucket and crane to load the of the illustrations shows the construction at this point veryclearly. A supply of coal can be obtained on any one of the fourtracks that lead over the cinder pits, the station being of theelevated bunker type provided with crushers and bucket con-veyors. The structure is of steel and reinforced concrete, en-tirely fireproof, and provided with coal handling apparatus induplicate. There are two receiving tracks passing over aconcrete pit about 35 ft. in length, in which are locatedtwo hoppers and crushers. Each crusher can discharge into. INTERIOR VIEW, SHOWING WINDOWS. 393 \MERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL October, 1911. either of the two independent bucket elevators, ;ach with acapacity of 80 tons per hour, and driven by a 15 motor. Thecrushers are operated by 25 motors. The coal handling partof the station was furnished by the Exter Machine Works. In the coaling station is also provided a storage bin for drysand, a supply of ^V^ cu. yds. being stored for each of the fourtracks. The sand is dried by steam dryers in a separate struc-ture, and elevated by air pressure to the storage bin. The general water service for the whole terminal is takenfrom the regular supply system at the shops, there being twonew 100,000 gallon wooden storage tanks provided near the coal-ing station. These are located on a steel structure 20 ft. in height and from them water is distributed through 18 in. mainso the four 12 in. water cranes. A supply is also carried intothe round
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