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Train Shed Cyclopedia #90
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$15.95
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| Freight & Passenger Cars, Shops & terminals, 40's & 50's (Part 4) from the Railway Mechanical Engineer 64 Full-Size Pages reprinted from the Original Edition.
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Train Shed 90 Contain the follow information: C. & O. Converts Terminal For Handling Diesel Power. Facilities at Saginaw, Mich., have ten working stalls and ten stalls for storing units during layovers - Layout of the Facilities - Equipment Used for Diesel Work - General Operating Procedures -- ** Union Builds Modern Repair Tracks at North Bessemer - Concrete Pavement covers working area around four tracks accommodating 90 cars. Shops and storehouse in centrally heated buildings. Out put 60 light repairs daily. ** P.F. E. builds 40-Ton Refrigerator Cars - 2000 cars are equipped with 6-ft. wide sliding doors, 2 stage icing, stronger composite wood-steel floor racks and dual 3-unit electric driven air-circulating fans ** Wabash Diesel Shop at Moberly - the locomotive at the fueling station is typical of the clean appearance of all Moberly maintained units - The sanding facilities serve the two entrance tracks and can sand three units simultaneously - Passenger locomotive wheels are thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed every 5000 miles to facilitate inspection for cracks - Many pictures -- ** Western Pacific Wheel Cars - article with pictures -- **C.& E. I. Gets New 50 and 70 ton Hopper Cars - Cars have exceptional strength, and increased life in coal service is expected because of corrosion-resistant design features - article includes pictures -- ** Hand-Operated Valve Spring Depressor -- ** New Great Northern Wheel Shop - Modern shop at St. Paul, Minn., is designed to turn out 200 pairs of freight car wheels a day on a production basis with high accuracy and minimum manual handling - Building Changes Required - General Method of operation-Pictures of the operation -- ** New Haven Tries New Rail Car - A diesel-electric rail car, know as the Mack FCD rail Bus, Designed to provide a means of handling light branch line service economically - Pictures -- ** Hobart Repair Yard Increases Santa Fe's Car Output - Averages 204 cars daily off 16 freight car repair and cleaning tracks with a total force of 144 men - Portable Equipment featured - How the Yard is operated - Pictures of the operation -- ** One Building Houses Car and Diesel Shop - Pictures of the operation. ** The C. & O. Diesel shop at Huntington - Classes of work handled - The Passenger Pool Cycle - Switchers Also Rotated - Lubricating Oil Practices - Table Speeds up Sorting of Small Parts - Pictures of the operation -- ** B & O Changes Glenwood Shop into Diesel Repair Center - Layout design and many pictures - ** Dome Lounge Cars for the Milwaukee - Ten Cars, Built by Pullman-Standard and placed in service on the Hiawathas, are first full-length cars of their type - pictures and floor plan dimensions and weight…....
** JUST A NOTE: THE SHIPPING PRICE BELOW CAN COVER THE SHIPPING COST ON THREE TRAINS SHIPPED AT THE SAME TIME! **
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