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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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, consists of two bays, one upon the upper levelcarrying two longitudinal tracks upon which the general repairsof cars will be carried on, while in the other the repair de-partments will be located; upon the lower level of the shopbuilding, in one bay, is the truck and wheel department, andthe other the machine and blacksmith shop. 9^0 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXV. No. 2i. The inspection shed contains eight tracks, each of which isover 300 ft. long, so that each will accommodate a six-car ele-vated electric train. This will enable trains to be brought infrom the road and run upon one of the pit tracks for the periodi-cal inspection which is so necessary in this service. Here the best of care may be given them irregardless of weather; in thewinter, time may thus be given them to permit of thawing offthe snow and ice which naturally accumulates upon the trucks.Furthermore, the large capacity provided (forty-eight cars)will be of great advantage in permitting time to be given to the
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PLAN OF THE ELEVATED DIVISION SHOP UPON THE SECOND FLOOR LEVEL OF THE BUILDING THE LOWER FLOOR LEVEL, CONTAINING THETRUCK AND WHEEL DEPARTMENTAND MACHINE SHOP June 3, 1905-) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 981

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