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FRAMEWORK 



the building, while the side rooms are used for lighter tools and mis- 

 cellaneous work. Transverse bent (c) may be used in the same way 

 as (g), by supplying a traveling crane. Transverse bent (e) is very 

 often used for shops. 



Cross-sections of the locomotive shops of several of the leading 

 railways are shown in Figs. 89 to 92, inclusive, and the locomotive shops 

 of the A. T. & S. F., and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroads 

 are described in detail in Part IV. For the most part these buildings 



7O Ton Crone 



* Q Locomotive tracking 

 ^ Jo and Boiler Shop 



/37-0" x 



540' Long 

 Locomotive Shop -5T-L-.I-M-&5- 



FIG. 90. 



are built with self-supporting frames, and have brick walls built out- 

 side the framing. The arrangement of the cranes, provisions for light- 



Skylight 



4d6 L Long 



Locomotive Shop -Union Pacific- 

 FIG. 91. 



