. Electric railway review . ut the center of each pit will be placed 6-inch hingedrails in each track to allow the ready removal of wheels,armatures, etc., these being lowered by using telescopichydraulic motor lifts. A 1%-ton electric hoist, supported bya roof truss which has been reinforced for carrying the extraload, is located directly over these hinged sections of hoist will be used to carry heavy material to any trackon which cars are being repaired. The details of the track pits and track construction arenearly identical to those in the Cold Spring car barns, whichwere descri
. Electric railway review . ut the center of each pit will be placed 6-inch hingedrails in each track to allow the ready removal of wheels,armatures, etc., these being lowered by using telescopichydraulic motor lifts. A 1%-ton electric hoist, supported bya roof truss which has been reinforced for carrying the extraload, is located directly over these hinged sections of hoist will be used to carry heavy material to any trackon which cars are being repaired. The details of the track pits and track construction arenearly identical to those in the Cold Spring car barns, whichwere described on page 404 of the Electric Railway Review forJuly, 1906. The exterior elevations of the new car barns arealso similar to those of the Cold Spring barns, and referenceto the article mentioned will also show the details of theKinnear rolling steel doors and the hinged posts at eitherend of the structure. Steam for heating the pits, offices and workrooms and fordrying sand is supplied from a boiler plant consisting of two. Broadway Car House, Buffalo—Trainmens Quarters. and a %-inch twisted steel rod in each corner of each pier. Therail is supported directly on top of piers and the walk betweentracks is made of %-inch checker plate 36 inches wide, sup-ported on 4 by 4 by ,,; inch angles attached to the rail, thewalk being 4 inches below the top of the rail. The pits areheated by colonial wall radiators of 7 square feet heating sur-face, placed on two sides of each pier. These are suppliedby steam mains carried under the checker plate walk. Thereturn pipes carrying condensation from the heaters are placedin 4 by 6 inch concrete trenches at the back of the trenches are covered with %-inch checker plates. The pits are lighted by 16-candlepower lamps placed ontwo sides of the piers between the heaters and the rail wires are lead covered, run in %-inch conduit, throughpiers to cast-iron junction boxes in the floor at various they connect and the
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