Identifier: locomotiveengine09hill (find matches)
Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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traveling craneshave their cargoes transferred into therailway cars. One mile out from the Central station,we pass through to the freight yards atSanto Diago. Here all freight trains aremade up and received; here is alsolocated the principal roundhouse of the.system, and a large repair shop. Thebuildings are modern and present a neatappearance. There is also a plant herefor the manufacture of Pintsch gas, withwhich system all the coaches are equipped:also many of the passenger engines useit for headlight and cablight purposes. As we are now passing over that por-tion of the road on which the suburbanservice is operated, we find the stationsclose together. As our train is an express,we make no slop until we reach the endof the suburban system. We find at allstations a block-signal system in use; thissystem extends over the suburban por-tion of the road only. We run along overa splendid rock-ballasted track, a o-poundsteel rail, principally supported by steel LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING, 235
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