The Street railway journal (1902) (14575160007)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo191902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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zontal position so that theyclear perfectly all the other tracksand the rapid shifting of the carsis made possible. Immediately be-hind the transfer table is a line offireproof doors separating therear end of thethe front. Thisvided into two OPENING THE LINE AFTER A SNOW STORM the various supplies immediately necessary in repairingcars, the pit foremans office, lockers, etc. The boiler roomwhich supplies the steam for heating the building, drying about one-thirdstorage and thetaining the pit car house fromrear end is di-unequal parts,being used forremainder con-rooms and thework and store rooms. The loca-tion of these rooms is such as togreatly facilitate the repair of thecars, everything being in the im-mediate vicinity of the work going on and so placedthat repairs are made with the greatest rapidity. A black-smith shop is provided at the rear of the first pit which hasan equipment of tools sufficient for ordinary repairs ontrucks, etc., including an electric motor for operating the
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1600-KW DIRECT-CONNECTED UNIT IN FREMONT STREET STATION the sand, etc., is provided with a track running directlyover the coal pocket, which is placed in front of the boiler.In this way the coal car can be run in and dumped withgreat ease. The inspection pit at the side of the building, which is 426 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XIX. No. 14. illustrated in one of the accompanying engravings, is of arather peculiar construction. The floor on each side of therails is lowered a foot or two so that work on the truck canbe done in a more comfortable position than where the flooris level with the track. This pit greatly facilitates the rapid of the room near the inspection pit, where small repairscan be made. There is a small pond on the property of the companyadjoining the car house, from which water is pumped to a30,000-gallon tank on the roof by a motor-driven pump in