The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-31
SHOPS FAST
BUILDING Up
NEW EQUIPMENT FOR
NORTHERN AT ELYCITY
NEW TRACKS BEING
PUT IN AND CAR RE-
PAIR YARD MADE.

Though 1t has been arriving slow
ly, the large equipment of heavy mar
chinery which will ultimately be as
sembled in the present shops of the
Nevada Northern in Ely City and in
the larger shops for which plans have
been drawn there. is gradually reach
ing the hands of Master Mechanic
Deckelman and being put in opera
tion.
The latest piece of machinery to
arrive is an automatic rip band saw.
Ii was unloaded yesterday and will be
set up at once. 1t has "a inch
throat and will be big help. On the
way and expected TO arrive at any
time is another lathe which will go
in commission with that recently re-
ceived and which is now doing excel
lent work in the shop.
While the equipment at present in
operation is not all that could be
desired in handling the heaviest work
of the road, Master Mechanic Deckle-
man is doing great deal with it
and managing to keep every wheel
moving. The latter record he has
maintained from the beginning of OPP
Grafton of the road, however, though
for a considerable period the ma
chine shop equipment was limited to
margin that did not extend much
beyond a monkey wrench and forge.
The fact that it has been necessary
but once in the history of the road
to send locomotive to the shops of
n frP ire ie p0onrA
that stands high.
With the increase in equipment in
the shops and their consequent abil-
| ity to handle more work. increased
room is being made on the outside
| for handling car repairs. OF the
latter class of work there will from
now on be steadily growing volume.
by reason of the steady operation of
cars over the ore line and ON the
smelter and mines trackage OF the
road. Two tracks are now being
graded for in the yard. east of
the shops, on which this work will
be done. The yard will be cleared
away on the north side, where there
is plenty of room for all the expan-
sion that may ever be necessary. On
the south side, another track is now
being put down for use in handling
work to the lathe In the shop.
Engine 2 is the only locomotive in
the shops at the present time for gen.
eral overhauling. it having been
brought in during the week. This
engine has made an unusual running
record since last overhauled, having
been going steadily for II months.
Six months is considered a good op-
Grating period for the average engine
before pulled off for overhauling. In
the ! months the 2 has been moving
without doctoring she has covered
10000 miles. The with the l
and the 3 were purchased from the
Southern Pacific when construction
of the Northern was commenced.
They carried ON all the latter work
and gave excellent service. They are
the smallest engines on the road and
the only ones that were NOT pur-
chased direct from the builders. In
the suburban service they are now
filling need that tney are as ex-
cellently adapted for as they were
for the original work that occasioned
their purchase. One of these en-
gines was built in 1869 and has been
in constant service ever since, or for
80 years. At the time of its construc-
tion it was considered TO belong to a
monster class in size and power. To-
day in the Ely City shops alongside
the monster ore line engine, 81,
weight 333. 1000 pounds. II looks nard-
ly big enough to comfortably fill the
cab of the modern locomotive. Be-
side the , there is now in the shop
the coupled tank engine ;. which is
being put in first class order prepara-
tory to going to the concentrator to
handle the ore trains delivered on the
trestle.