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Freight Terminals and Trains: Including a Revision of Yards and Terminals

 By John Albert Droege

Contents

1
terminals, lighterage, freight
13
tracks, trains, yard
17
cabooses, yardmasters, yardmen
39
poling, turnouts, eastbound
97
crewe, hump, switching
101
yardmaster, dispatcher, altoona
115
engineman, trainmaster, signalman
126
flagman, trainmaster, engineman
139
waybills, receipting, ventage
148
tonnage, tractive, waybills
165
tonnage, trains, pittsburg
173
gantry, driveways, balto
184
underframe, hogs, unloading
193
stenciled, weighman, levers
205
pigeonhole, signalman, conductor
224
lighterage, piers, tarragona
242
trimmer, chutes, unloader
255
hulett, hatches, hopper
264
bushels, elevator, bins
273
inbound, outbound, pittsburg
299
capstans, cartage, traversers
315
maybrook, ewings, peddler
327
drays, hatchways, runways
351
shipper, consignee, bale
359
tallyman, trucker, truckmen
374
icing, crusher, hoists
387
turntable, roundhouse, hostlers
412
anthracite, trestle, bituminous
433
spout, dryer, green sand
445
poling, balt, altoona

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unless prevented by storm or by other accidental or unavoidable causes which cannot be anticipated or avoided by the exercise of due diligence and foresight; provided, that upon the written request of the owner or person in custody of that particular shipment, which written request shall be separate and apart from any - Page 188

When animals are carried in cars, boats, or other vessels in which they can and do have proper food, water, space and opportunity to rest, the provisions in regard to their being unloaded shall not apply. - Page 188

shall not be confined in " cars, boats or vessels of any description for a period longer than 28 consecutive hours without unloading the same in a humane manner, into properly equipped pens for rest, water and feeding, for a period of at least - Page 188

Train.—An engine, or more than one engine coupled, with or without care displaying markers. Regular Train.—A train represented on the time-table. It may consist of sections. Section.—One of two or more trains running on the same schedule, displaying signals or for which signals are displayed. Extra Train.—A train not represented on the time-table. It may be designated as: Extra.—For any - Page 14

tracks, upon any of which the current of traffic may be in either specified direction. Current of Traffic.—The movement of trains on a main track, in one direction, specified by the rules. Station.—A place designated on the time-table by name, at which a train may stop for traffic; or to enter or - Page 15

—A train given precedence in the direction specified in the time-table as between trains of the same class. Time-table.—The authority for the movement of regular trains subject to the rules. It contains the classified schedules of trains with special instructions relating thereto. Schedule.—That part of a time-table which prescribes the class, direction, number and movement - Page 15

As respects freight traffic, rates must in the long run be made equal, not simply from station to station, but from the door of the consignor to the door of the consignee; in other words, all additional cost for cartage or switching service and something more as compensation for the trouble (usually a very considerable addition) must be borne by the - Page 7

Effort should be made to prevent the spread of oil over a large surface by collecting it in any available vessels or draining it into a hole or depression at a safe distance from the track. When necessary, trenches should be dug for this purpose. It is not safe to drain inflammable oil in large - Page 145

Time-table.—The authority for the movement of regular trains subject to the rules. It contains the classified schedules of trains with special instructions relating thereto. Schedule.—That part of a time-table which prescribes the class, direction, number and movement - Page 15

seasoning" after mining before storing. 8. Avoid alternate wetting and drying. 9. Avoid admission of air to interior of pile through interstices around foreign objects, such as timbers or irregular brickwork; also through porous bottoms such as coarse cinders. 10. Do not try to ventilate by pipes, as more harm than good is often done - Page 254

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Freight Terminals and Trains

by John Droege - Transportation - 2001 - 583 pages
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Ransom, Pa - Page 251
A modification of this system is that of the Lehigh Valley, at Ransom, Pa., shown in Fig. 102 in which a single trimmer does all the work. ...
Altoona - Page 65
This was done in the new westward yard at Altoona on the Pennsylvania. It is now a common proceeding to construct\humps on a level prairie or river ...
more pages: 114
Brunswick, Md - Page 92
Ohio eastbound yard at Brunswick, Md., is shown in Fig. 39. The objectionable but unavoidable curvature stands out prominently. ...
more pages: 109
Stockton, Ind - Page 255
A view of a successful and rapid machine for handling coke and coal in the stdrage yards of the Illinois Steel Company at Stockton, Ind. is shown in ...
Chicago - Page 165
they have nothing to compare with the movement of perishable freight from the South to New York and Chicago, or with the package and perishable ...
more pages: 332
Buffalo - Page 165
counter the following morning, or for dealers in Buffalo at noon to order goods from New York which they expect to receive the following afternoon. ...
more pages: 268
New Haven - Page 282
New York, New Haven & Hartford. There is difference of opinion as to the advisability of putting a narrow platform on the receiving side of outward ...
more pages: 166
Brooklyn - Page 239
The piers at East Boston are the largest used for commercial purposes on the Atlantic coast except the new docks at Brooklyn. ...
more pages: 6
Boston - Page 275
This condition is met in the exceptionally large and complicated freight layouts of the New Haven and Boston & Maine roads in Boston described ...
more pages: 166
Hartford - Page 282
New York, New Haven & Hartford. There is difference of opinion as to the advisability of putting a narrow platform on the receiving side of outward ...
more pages: 317
New York City - Page 165
It is not unusual for the merchant in New York City to telephone or telegraph the New England manufacturer two or three hundred miles away, ...
more pages: 273
Greenville, NJ - Page 65
The yards of the Pennsylvania at Greenville, NJ (Figs. 23 and 24), Logansport, Ind., and Sheridan, Pa., are examples of this practice. ...
more pages: 87
Greenbush, Va - Page 65
the first summit yard in this country was constructed by the Pennsylvania Road in 1882 at Huffs Station, 2 miles south of Greenbush, Va. ...
St. Louis - Page 267
Usually, when grain is bought, its ultimate destination is unknown; it may be ground into flour in Minneapolis, or St. Louis, or Chicago, or shipped ...
more pages: 332
Worcester, Mass - Page 320
For all stations except Worcester, Mass., which will route from Midway via Putnam. BOSTON DIVISION Via New Haven, Providence, and Mansfield. ...
more pages: 282
Nashville - Page 239
Louisville & Nashville. easily accomplished. On Pier 3, there are large rooms where incoming passengers of all classes can be easily handled, ...
more pages: 240
Cincinnati - Page 276
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern in Cincinnati, has six stories and electric elevators and the Central of NJ, has a similar house equipment at Newark ...
more pages: 184
Philadelphia - Page 273
He follows a ton of freight from Philadelphia to New York. At the originating end it is loaded onto a wagon: the labor cost is 25 cents to which is ...
more pages: 276
Providence, RI - Page 174
the effect of the increasing number of motor trucks, actual measurements were taken at Providence, RI, of trucks and drays as they arrived, Sept. ...
more pages: 342
Hoboken, NJ - Page 242
With the machinery in use on the great lakes, and at Hoboken, NJ, (Lackawanna road) an entire loaded coal car is picked up, elevated and its contents ...
more pages: 249
Sheridan, Pa - Page 65
23 and 24), Logansport, Ind., and Sheridan, Pa., are examples of this practice. In other cases, the topography, instead of the traffic, ...
more pages: 96
Harrisburg - Page 21
and through the relief thus afforded, the Altoona and Harrisburg yards will be amply sufficient for the general merchandise traffic.i' ...
more pages: 114
Staten Island - Page 6
Tunnels under the narrows or upper bay will link Staten Island and New Jersey with Long Island, which, with the bridge route over the East river, ...
Baltimore - Page 109
The next 20 are tagged in a similar way for Baltimore. The oxxtlet from the classification yard is by double ladders through the center ...
more pages: 270
Liverpool - Page 109
evening from the various docks, quays and depots around Liverpool. From the "reception lines," near the summit, where the road engines ...
more pages: 239
South Plainfield, NJ - Page 416
A typical conveyor plant is that of the Lehigh Valley at South Plainfield, NJ, shown in Fig. 190. Another similar plant which has been in service for ...
Omaha - Page 184
Between southern Idaho and Omaha, cattle have ordinarily to be let out of cars three or four times, to be fed and rested; between Omaha and Chicago, ...
Toronto - Page 373
and the Canadian Northern in Toronto, is similar. As in Montreal, the cartage only applies to the first five classes. The rate charged shipper is 2 ...
more pages: 295
Milwaukee - Page 366
Runs 16 to 31 are on the south side of the house and are cars for the Wisconsin and Milwaukee divisions. As will be seen from the chart, ...
more pages: 92
Rutherford, Pa - Page 111
In the Reading, yard at Rutherford, Pa., 16 or 17 cuts are classified in from 5 to 7 minutes. If there are more cuts in a train the work has to await ...
Galveston - Page 332
In contrast, in loading a ship at Galveston, the freight is trucked by hand to the inclined board and then hoisted by the ship's derrick. ...
Alexandria, Va - Page 110
The Potomac yard of the Washington Southern, at Alexandria, Va., is a large, two-direction hump, in which about 1100 cars are received and the same ...
more pages: 317
Minneapolis - Page 267
Usually, when grain is bought, its ultimate destination is unknown; it may be ground into flour in Minneapolis, or St. ...
more pages: 292
Cleveland - Page 184
They were carried in cars from Cincinnati to Cleveland thence by steam-boat to Buffalo; then driven to Canandaigua; moved in cars to AIbany; ...
more pages: 261
Towanda, Pa - Page 388
174 representing the Towanda, Pa., house of the Lehigh Valley, an old plant but unique in its utilization of limited ground space lying FIG. ...
Donaldsonville, La - Page 332
An endless carrier, 95 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, adjustable height, loads and unloads vessels of Texas & Pacific at Donaldsonville, La. ...
Richmond, Va - Page 334
This system has been in operation for about 4 years on the pier of the Old Dominion Steamship Com-pany, at Richmond, Va. ...
Plymouth - Page 304
It is so keen, and such has been its effect on the expedition of the service, that a merchant in Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Plymouth, ...
Pensacola, Fla - Page 234
86) is that of the Louisville and Nashville at Pensacola, Fla., con-sisting of several modern and well-built wharves, of which the Muskogee, ...
Elkhart, Indiana - Page 96
The new freight yard of the Lake Shore at Elkhart, Ind., was put in operation in the spring of 1904 and is a division terminal, classifying freight in ...
more pages: 85
De Witt, NY - Page 80
The summit yards at De Witt, NY, on the New York Central are shown in Figs. 21 and 22, page 64. A divisional yard was built con-.
New Orleans - Page 332
A saving of $48 per day was effected at New Orleans, which paid for the conveyors in a year—and in 7 years repairs and maintenance did not exceed $500 ...
more pages: 226
Phoenix - Page 295
The concrete piers, resting on concrete foundations, are spaced 15 ft. on centers and carry Phoenix columns with bottom and top castings, ...
more pages: 296
Glasgow - Page 304
The same service is afforded the more distant points such as Edinburg (393 miles) and Glasgow (401 miles), as well as the principal cities of Ireland, ...
more pages: 312
West Springfield, Mass - Page 399
terminals, at West Springfield, Mass. One existing house with 44 stalls is shown and another house, with two turntables, is planned, ...
Canandaigua - Page 184
They were carried in cars from Cincinnati to Cleveland thence by steam-boat to Buffalo; then driven to Canandaigua; moved in cars to AIbany; ...
Norfolk, Va - Page 242
Lambert's Point, near Norfolk, Va., is its tide-water terminal, and the coal pier for handling coal from cars into boats is shown in Fig. ...
Taunton - Page 320
For all stations, except South Braintree, Braintrec and stations to Cohasset and Pemberton, which will route from Midway via Attleboro and Taunton, ...
West Brownsville, Pa - Page 85
of an "adjustable" mechanical hump or summit in connection with track scales at West Brownsville, Pa., used for classifying and weighing cars. ...
Springfield, Mo - Page 375
A large cold storage plant operated on the same principle has been built at Springfield, Mo., by the St. Louis & San Francisco, to cool bananas in ...
San Francisco - Page 368
The extra cars not designated on the chart (most of which are usually "straight" cars, for instance extra cars for San Francisco or Minnesota ...
more pages: 375
Montreal - Page 373
As in Montreal, the cartage only applies to the first five classes. The rate charged shipper is 2 cents per hundred, with a 15-cent minimum. ...
more pages: 372
Neenah - Page 367
Simi-larly Run 17, Box 67, is a way-car from Oshkosh to Neenah over the Wisconsin division, and is the second car on the third track south of the ...
Indianapolis - Page 283
Another example of modern practice in freight-house design is the house erected by the Pennsylvania Lines West in Indianapolis. ...
Savannah, Ga - Page 348
average 60.3 seconds Men in gang 8 The Merchants & Miners Transportation Company has 20 electric trucks in operation on its Savannah, Ga., pier, ...
more pages: 349
Stamford, Conn - Page 319
Harlem River, NY, to Stamford, Conn., New Canaan, Conn., to Stamford, Conn., Woodlawn, NY, to Mount Vernon, NY, Western Connections via Harlem River, ...
Bluefield, W. Va - Page 111
The Norfolk & Western at Bluefield, W. Va., uses a 90-ton engine—two engines in emergencies. In switching over a hump, a uniform speed of about 2 ...
Manchester - Page 239
and London, Boston and Liverpool, and Boston and Manchester dock here. The new grain elevator and dryer—the largest in New England—has a capacity of 1 ...
more pages: 302
Oshkosh - Page 367
Simi-larly Run 17, Box 67, is a way-car from Oshkosh to Neenah over the Wisconsin division, and is the second car on the third track south of the ...
Fort Wayne - Page 24
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago remodeled its Conway yard to accomplish this. Interference with passenger traffic had become annoying. ...
Pittsburg, Kan - Page 201
Louis and San Francisco, of coal from the Pittsburg, Kan., fields, to determine the shrinkage or gain due to weather conditions. ...
Bridgeport - Page 318
For stations Glenbrook to West Haven inclusive, except South Norwalk and Bridgeport. South Norwalk.—For South Norwalk, Conn., and stations Norwalk to ...
Syracuse - Page 63
The Dewitt hump yards of the New York Central near Syracuse (Figs. "_'l and 22) were discontinued temporarily as hump yards during the business ...
Mount Vernon, NY - Page 319
Harlem River, NY, to Stamford, Conn., New Canaan, Conn., to Stamford, Conn., Woodlawn, NY, to Mount Vernon, NY, Western Connections via Harlem River, ...
Key West, Florida - Page 415
that the government navy department experimented at Key West, Florida, during 1906, with coal submerged under salt water in concrete tanks. ...
Peoria - Page 87
38), a terminal property within and connecting the two cities of Peoria and Pekin, 111., and owned by six roads, is an interesting study. ...
Lorain - Page 259
Steamers arriving at Lorain, 0. (Baltimore &. Ohio), with ore are unloaded by Brown hoist machines, driven by electricity, equipped with three grab ...
Roseville, Calif - Page 375
A pre-cooling plant of the Southern Pacific Co., at Roseville, Calif., for cooling oranges for shipment is shown in Figs. ...
East Boston, Mass - Page 237
A bird's-eye view of the East Boston, Mass., water-front terminals, of the Boston & AIbany, is shown in Fig. 90. In July, 1908, the plant, ...
Elmira, NY - Page 421
For handling anywhere from 6 to 30 or 40 engines a day, there is in use on the Pennslyvania at Elmira, NY, Williamsport, Pa. and other places, ...
East Detroit, Mich - Page 76
The yards of the Michigan Central at East Detroit, Mich., Fig. 29; of the Burlington at Hawthorne, 111., Fig. 30, and of the Lehigh Valley at ...
Kansas City - Page 294
General plan, freight-house lay-out, Kansas City—Missouri Pacific. system in the matter of speed of construction and cost. ...
Norwalk - Page 318
For South Norwalk, Conn., and stations Norwalk to Bethel and Ridgefield inclusive. Bridgeport.—For Bridgeport, Conn. Hartford. ...
Erie - Page 462
of handling freight on Erie dock, Jersey City, 341 of loss and damage settlements, 146 of terminal engine handling, 407 Day's business of London ...
South Boston, Mass - Page 240
138, on insert op-posite page 298; that of the New Haven at South Boston, Mass. While Vio. 88.—Land-end view of Commandacia and Tarragona docks, ...
Louisville - Page 460
Pensacola water terminal of Louisville & Nashville, 234 Peoria & Pekin Union yards, 87, 90 Philadelphia freight-house of Phila. ...
Pittsburgh - Page 452
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh ore unloader, 256 Bumping posts, 58, 178 Burlington "poling" yards at Hawthorne, 111., 76 Burlington's typical icing ...
Panama - Page 458
on Panama. RR, 368 in Europe, 163 systems, 140 Local Freight Agents Association, classification of freight-house employees, 360 ...
Moline - Page 461
Rock Island engine-house at Moline, 398 freight-house in St. Louis, 285 Roseville pre-cooling plant of Southern Pacific, 375 Round engine-houses, ...
Phila - Page 460
Philadelphia freight-house of Phila. & Reading, 285 Philadelphia freight-houses, 276 Pluladelphia & Reading coal storage plant, 251 Piece-work in ...
Elizabethport, NJ - Page 422
FIG. 195.—Coaling plant at Chicago—Chicago & North-Western. Fio. 196.—Coaling plant at Elizabethport, NJ—Central of New Jersey.
London - Page 304
that a merchant in Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle or Plymouth, all 200 miles or more from London, may rely for a certainty on receiving at his door ...
more pages: 310
Hamburg - Page 332
At the Kuhwaeder Dock, Hamburg, 134 portable gantry cranes are in use. The average cost of unloading and swinging upon the dock varies from 2 to 3 ...
Wellington - Page 11
There is perhaps no data of a more reliable or satisfactory nature than that given by Wellington in his "Theory of Railway Location" where he ...
more pages: 7
Pintsch - Page 58
It may readily be obtained at any Pintsch gas plant at a cost of about 4 cents per gallon. Lighting Yards.—The proper lighting of yards facilitates ...
Rome - Page 124
the yardmaster to add engines and crews, as he deems necessary, while to get an additional car- checker he is compelled to go to Rome and back again. ...
Cologne - Page 241
Screw towing steamers, are used on the lower Rhine, and for the shallower portion above Cologne (210 miles from the sea) a long shallow-going ...
Tarragona - Page 240
Vatcr end view of Commandacia and Tarragona docks, Pensacola, Fla.— Louisville & Nashville. it is a very important water-front development, ...
Tuni - Page 383
Ccpncitj i3.w Tuni . . . o am. 210. Ice Chamber >"o.4. Cnpacllj 2i7U Tun*. /. *" ^. Vr1. Ice Chamber No. 5. Cnpnclt/ 2i70 Tatu ...