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• The car moving equipment for positioning the railroad cars at the coal <br />loading station is a hydraulically-activated pusher type installed in <br />one permanent location. The car movement occurs by pushbutton, such <br />that car movement occurs only when the button is depressed and stops <br />when the button is released. The pushbutton is located in the <br />operator's control room. <br />The rail loop roadbed, in areas requiring fill, consists of an earth <br />embankment constructed on a prepared ground surface with a sub-ballast <br />placed atop the embankment. The earth embankment consists of suitable <br />on-site material placed in lifts and thoroughly compacted with side <br />slopes of about 2:1. One foot of crushed rock is placed on top of the <br />embankment for sub-ballast. <br />(5) Locomotive Warming Shed <br />The warming shed is insulated, ventilated, and heated, and is located <br />• at the end of the loading track. tt has a reinforced concrete floor <br />slab, placed on a well compacted crushed stone base. The building is <br />sized to provide a warm area so that the locomotive can be turned off <br />between car shuttling operations. An automatic roll-up door is pro- <br />vided. The ventilation system consists of fans which will activate if <br />the exhaust gas reaches an unacceptable level. Provisions are made <br />for venting exhaust gases to allow minor maintenance to be performed. <br />(6) Personnel Buildin <br />The personnel building near the loadout building is insulated, ven- <br />tilated, and heated, and has a reinforced concrete floor slab placed <br />on a well compacted crushed stone base. The floor is sloped toward <br />drainage points. This building is divided into four rooms. One end <br />contains the electrical equipment; the other end houses the dust <br />C~ <br />4-34 <br />