Image from page 248 of "Transactions" (1852)
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Identifier: transactions53nort Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtransactions53nort">Transactions Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1852">1852 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1850">1850s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorNorth_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers__Newcastle_upon_Tyne">North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorNorth_of_England_Institute_of_Mining_and_Mechanical_Engineers__Newcastle_upon_Tyne__Report_of_the_Committee_upon_mechanical_coalcutting__1905">North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Report of the Committee upon mechanical coalcutting, 1905 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMineral_industries">Mineral industries https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMechanical_engineering">Mechanical engineering Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNewcastle_upon_Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorGerstein___University_of_Toronto">Gerstein - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/transactions53nort/transactions53nort#page/n248/mode/1up" >Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/transactions53nort" >Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtransactions53nort">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/transactions53nort/transactions53nort#page/n248/mode/1up" >view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: feet in diameterand 6 feet wide, and both drums are fixed on a shaft, 10 inches indiameter. The drum-house is placed at the junction of theempty-wagon roads, and the views (Figs. 18 and 14) show thatthe drum-house is elevated above the empty-wagon roads. Thetop of the drum-house is covered with an iron tank, used as areservoir to store water for supplying the locomotives. Eigs. 1 GARESFIELD RAILWAY AND INCLINE. 221 and 2 (Plate XXI.) shew the arrangements at the top of theincline. There are four sets of roads, the two middle roads inthe dish being empty-wagon roads, with two full-wagon roadson either side, elevated on kips. Approaching the incline-top is a long siding to permit of thelocomotive getting round its load. The wagons are pushed uponthe two kips, and divided equally between the two sides. The loaded traffic serves to the rope, and the empty trafficfalls into the dish, after being released from the rope. The-arrangement of the rails on leaving the top of the incline is also Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 13.—Western Front of Drum-house. shewn in Figs. 1 and 2 (Plate XXI.) and it will be seen thatthere is a pair of runaway-switches, B and C. There are two chocks, D and E, and F and G, on each of thefull-wagon roads, the loaded trucks remain behind the chock,D or F, and when a set of six wagons is to be got ready, it islowered down by the attendant between the two chocks D and Eor F and G. The rope is then attached to the loaded wagons, thechock, E or G, is opened ; and the runaway-switch still beingopen, when it is found that the rope has got the weight of all thetrucks, the runaway-switch, B or C, is closed by means of a smallgalvanized rope and lever, and the set of wagons is then at liberty 16 VOL. LIU —1902-903. 222 GARESFIELD RAILWAY AND INCLINE. to proceed down the incline. From the top of the incline to meet-ings, the line consists of three rails, and the three rails joiningthe four rails at meetings by a V rail, obviate the necessity ofpoints, which would have been ind Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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