10-06-2009, 08:14 PM
Cinders were also used as ballast and for paving high school tracks!
I'll never forget the two years I spent visiting the Lima Locomotive Works every week. The floors were paved with wood bricks. Since the roofs had leaks, there were places were the wood had swelled and formed inverse potholes. The reason for wood was very simple: if something takes a trip to the floor, it was frequently cheaper/easier to replace a piece of wood than an air compressor, expensive tool, or such.
IIRC, the EBT Enginehouse and machine shop have dirt/cinder floors. The 765 shop has a gravel floor.
I'll never forget the two years I spent visiting the Lima Locomotive Works every week. The floors were paved with wood bricks. Since the roofs had leaks, there were places were the wood had swelled and formed inverse potholes. The reason for wood was very simple: if something takes a trip to the floor, it was frequently cheaper/easier to replace a piece of wood than an air compressor, expensive tool, or such.
IIRC, the EBT Enginehouse and machine shop have dirt/cinder floors. The 765 shop has a gravel floor.
Michael
My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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My primary goal is a large Oahu Railway layout in On3
My secondary interests are modeling the Denver, South Park, & Pacific in On3 and NKP in HO
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