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Title: Railway mechanical engineer
Year: 1916 (1910s)
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Subjects: Railroad engineering Engineering Railroads Railroad cars
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Simmons-Boardman Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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full length of this section. A Whit-ing hoist of 200-ton capacity has also beeninstalled in this section in conjunction withfour new concrete pits. Other crane and hoist-ing facilities consist of a series of six postcranes of 16-ft. radius installed at convenientpoints throughout the house. Within the circle there are three stalls with-out engine pits, five with old wooden pits,four of which have been extended with con-crete, and 13 new concrete pits with insidelengths var>-ing from 52 ft. to 89 ft. Thisseven-stall section at the east end of the househas been floored with 6 in. of concrete pouredwith depressed drains on each outer side ofthe pit rails. These drains connect with theengine pits and carry off quickly any waterwhich may accumulate on the floor duringboiler washing, this section being used chieflyfor that purpose. One pit contains a concavesection of track with a 5J4 in. drop, an ar-rangement which permits of easy removal ofspring hangers, etc., without use of drop pits
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Decehbek, 1922 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER 721 or hoists. The remainder of the enginehouse and repair bayhas a cinder floor. The machine shop floor is Kreolite woodblock laid on concrete while the boiler room, blower roomand pump room are floored with concrete. Alternate installa-tions of Johns-Manville and Dickinson smoke jacks havebeen made on which to secure comparative performancedata. The structure is heated by a modem installation of heat-ing coils and blower discharging into a concrete air ductsituated below the floor and around the outer circle. Thisduct is tapped between each two stalls by lines of vitrifiedday pipe which carry the heated air to the engine pits.^Vhe^ever the enginehouse tracks cross the duct, the upperslab has been reinforced and in addition, the running railsare carried in a double rail trussed construction of amplestrength. Electrically Equipped for Economical Operation The power used in the enginehouse for machine shop andother uses, is purchased from an o

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