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Identifier: railwayage44newy (find matches)
Title: Railway age
Year: 1870 (1870s)
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Subjects: Railroads
Publisher: New York (etc.) R.G. Lewis (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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th and 18 on the south side, each with a capacity of 65 cars,or a total of 2.340 cars. It is set by two double ladders operatedby an electro-pneumatic push button machine. Each ladder hasnine switches. As the cars come from the receiving yard to thehump Uiey arc tagged by the brakeman which indicates to theswitchman working the push button macliine for which track theyare l)ound. For example, if a train pulls into the receiving yardwith the first 10 cars for Washington and the next 20 for Balti-more, a tag reading lo^ is put on the front of the first 10 cars.indicaling that there are 10 cars in the shift to go on the Wash-ington track in the classification yanl. The next 20 would be taggedIn a similar way for Baltimore. The outlet from the classificatloDyard is by double ladders through the center of the yard and asingle ladder on each side, each ladder having nine switches.Trains from the northern halt of the classification yard pull direct- AlMiii 10, 190S. THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. 517
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51* THE RAILROAD GAZETTE. Vol. XLIV., No. 15 ly out on the easttound freight track. Trains from the Hoiilh half 38 per Int. .Meanwhile the gross passenger earnings have imreaBed of the claiislflcation yard pull out on this track by a No. 10 turn- about $30,000,000, and the expenses due to this traffic about J32.- out. The eastbound freiglit track runs along the north side of the 000,000, so thai the net passenger earnings have decreased from solid train yard. The eastern end of this yard Is Joined to this ;8,670.000 to 16,656,000 The much larger mileage has of course track by a No. 16 turnout. Through freight traiu.s from the West run on a through trackon the south of both the receiving yard and the <la.s.sifliallon yardand enter the solid train yard at a point southeast of the easternend of the cla.ssl/lcalion yard. The solid train yard has a capacityof 260 cars. Jlere the through trains are held while they are beingInspected and changes of crews and engines made. The eastbound in

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