US1258757A - Railroad-yard. - Google Patents

Description

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RAILROAD mo.

APPLICATION FILED. SEPT. I, 1917- v Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

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CLARENGE H; ELLINGWCOD, OF BAR-STOW, CALIFORNIA,

RAILROAD -YARD.

' Application filed September 7, 1917. Se'riaLNo. 190,197.

To all whom it mag concern: V V 1 Be it known that I, CLAREN onH. ELLIN ewoon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Barstow, in the county;

of San. Bernardino and State ofCalifornia, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in, Railroad-Yards; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to railway yards tated with the substantial elimination: of

switch engines which are now used to move the cars from the receiving to the classification yards, there being utilized instead, a car-movin motor car which runs on separate and distinct tracks from those on which the railway cars are carried. a

For an understanding of the invention reference may be had to the accompanying drawing in which the figure shows, diagrammatically, the lay-out of a yard constructed in accordance with my invention.

The rails of the main track are indicated at 1 from which other track rails 2 and 3 branch at a distance from each other, extending outwardly at an angle as indicated in the drawing to any desired distance dependent upon the size of the yard. From the tracks 2, other tracks a extend substantially parallel to the main tracks 1, while at their ends tracks 2 terminate in branches 5 also parallel to the tracks 1 and 4 as shown. On tracks 4 and 5 the cars are placed after completion of a run, said tracks comprising the receiving yard for the cars. Likewise from the tracks 3 tracks 6 branch, being disposed in parallel relation to the main tracks 1, said tracks 3 terminating, likewise, in tracks 7 which parallel the tracks 6 and 1 as shown. The cars are moved from the receiving yard to these tracks. which comprise the classification yard, in making up trains for later runs.

Alongside track 1, an auxiliary track is laid comprising spaced apart rails asindicated at 8 which parallel the track 1 as shown, from which auxiliary track branch tracks are extended, as indicated at 9' and 10,,parallel to the tracks 2 and 3, respecf Specification of Letters Patent. Pafientgd M131, 12,1918 7 tively." From the tracks 9 branch tracks 11 Y extend, lying between and paralleling. the

tracks 1 and being positioned alternatingly between said tracks so that the receiving yard includes for each pair of tracks 4 a branch trackthe rails 11 of which are'disposed between thepairs of tracks 4. Similarly, from the tracks 10 other tracks 12 ex,

tend in the classification yard between pairs of tracks 6 v The cars used in train service are run on tracks 1 2, 3, i, 5,- 6, and 7, while on. the auxiliary tracks 8, 9, 10,11, and 12, a motor car indicated. at13 is adapted torun' it' preferably being equipped; with a beam or stake 14:. which may beturned in a horizonplane tvario sanglesto. the motor car l31adaptingthe end of the same to engage with a car, as 15, on either of the tracks 4 v,

to each side of the auxiliary motor track. The motor car may be driven in any suitable manner but, preferably, it will be electrically driven. With it the railway cars may be readily moved from the receiving yard to the classification yard without the necessity of switch engines as heretofore. The usual signal andswitch tower, indicated at 16, will be used in throwing" the various switches, and from which the driver of the motor car may be informed by signals, visible from a signal board indicated at 17, as

to which cars he shall take from the receiving yard and move over to the classification yard.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have devised a novel yard for sorting and classifying cars and one by means of which the cars may be readily moved from the receiving to the classification sec tions of the yard. /Vith this type of yard, by reason of the fact that the motor car is yard. Likewise, it is possible to always,

move the railway cars ahead of the motor car and at any of the points where the railway cars pass across the auxiliary motor tracks, so that the railway cars pass across and ahead of the motor car, it is necessary, merely, to give said railway car a strong push or shove to carry it ahead under its own momentum for a distance, after which it may be again engaged by the motor car, it being merely necessary toswing the stake 1% over to the opposite side of the motor car. These features of operation make it possible to greatly accelerate the sorting and classification of railway cars, at the same time effecting a great saving in labor, as will be apparent when it is remembered that for handling a switch engine the services of five men in various capacities are required; while with the motor car the service of a fireman and of a brakeman in both the receiving and classification yards, may be dispensed with.

I claim:

1. In a railroad yard, a main track, branch tracks extending therefrom at a distance from each other, a plurality of branch tracks leading from said first branches extending oppositely from each other and substantially paralleling the main track, an auxiliary track likewise having branches paralleling the main track and first mentioned branches thereof, and a plurality of branches to said first branches of the auxiliary track paralleling the branches extended from the first mentioned branches of the main track and located alternately between the same, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a railroad yard, a main track, branch tracks extending therefrom at a distance from each other, a plurality of branch tracks leading from said first mentioned branches, an auxiliary track paralleling the main track, branch tracks leading therefrom paralleling the first mentioned branches leading from the main track, and a plurality of branch tracks to said first mentioned branches of the auxiliary track paralleling the branches leading from the first mentioned branches of the main track, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a railroad yard, a main track, branch tracks leading therefrom, and an auxiliary track likewise having branch tracks leading therefrom, said auxiliary track and branches thereof located adjacent and paralleling the main track and its branch tracks, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLARENCE H. ELLINGWOOD.

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