Buildings and structures of American railroads. A reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, master mechanics, engineers, architects, and students (1893)
Berg, Walter Gilman, 1858-1908 · New York Wiley · leaf 185
here are two turn-tables anddrawbridges for discharging to tenders. The elevated coal-supply track on the rear of the shed isplaced 3 ft. 6 in. below the floor in the shed. The clear height of the shed above the floor is 8 ft.The centre of the coaling track is placed 6 ft. from the face of the… … -Cross-section. COALING STATIONS FOR LOCOMOTIVES. 149 of coal-pockets with an elevated dumping track. The trestling is about 42 ft. wide, there being acoaling track on each side, with pockets facing each track. The coal is delivered on an elevatedsupply-track at the middle of the trestle, about 33…
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