Identifier: streetrailwayj261905newy (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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Firat Floor Plan Street Railway Jmrml PLAN OF REPAIR SHOPS FOR ELEVATED RAILWAY AT WEST MARKET STREET TERMINAL west of Sixty-Third Street. Here are to be located the repair factory to three independent roads which would avoid any cross-shops, car houses, terminal station, a building for the accommoda- ings at grade. How the problem has been solved is shewn clearlytion of the employees of the road and a power station. By reason by the plan reproduced on page 549. September 23, 1905.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 55i wo H M o in > 0W w H OS5w O*> W w > t1> «! >H WH >V. H wH w
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THE REPAIR SHOPSThe shop layout, as shown,is only a portion of the ultimateplans, and is intended to takecare of the repairs of the roll-ing stock and equipment nec-essary for the operation of thefirst section of the subway andelevated lines. It has beenplanned with a view to mak-ing extensive additions. Briefly,the plan consists of an inspec-tion shop, a jacking-up andtruck repair shop, a machineshop, a miscellaneous repairshop, a storeroom with a trans-fer table, and offices, toiletroom, locker room, etc. In front of the inspectionshop, which is the first of threeto be erected, are seven storagetracks laid approximately 1 1ft. center to center. Four ofthese are continued into the in-spection shop. Into this shop,as the name implies, trains arerun at intervals for inspectionand for minor repairs whichmay be necessary. For thispurpose a pit is constructed un-der each track for its entirelength, the rails are raised 1 ft.above the floor level and awide space between tracks hasbeen prov

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