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Roundhouse -- rectangular, had four tracks inside, six engine pits, and complete <br />• machining facilities for the repair and operation of steam locomotives; also served <br />the engines of Moffat and Haybro Mines. <br />Coal tipple -- over the main line and Number One Rip track. <br />Water tower -- wooden, near the coal tipple. <br />Wye -- extended east of the roundhouse over the Yampa River; used for turning <br />locomotives and other equip menT in lieu of a turntable. <br />Sand structure -- wooden, 16 feet by 20 feet, with a stove which served to dry <br />the sand for use in locomotives; sometimes the only warm spot a hobo could find -- <br />many aroundhouse laborer was startled at finding chilled hobos sleeping in the warm <br />Bond. <br />Section house -- and bunkhouse for section foreman and crew; still serve that <br />function today, but in a slightly different location. <br />Car department -- a couple of shacks east of the roundhouse; served to house <br />equipment for making car repairs. <br />Ice house -- for railroad use; for the cabooses and cooling on the passenger <br />trains; cabooses were kept across from the cool chute. <br />Stockyard -- located west of the roundhouse and south of the present section <br />• houses. <br />Oil house -- east of the roundhouse, kept oil warm for locomotive use. <br />Coal shed -- or "coal house" as it was also known; harbored coal for caboose <br />stoves located near the caboose track. <br />Outfit cars -- north of the depot, provided living quarters for railroad <br />employees. <br />A 439-car capacity yard -- Phippsburg was usually switched by a crew with a <br />small yard engine, ahand-fired steamer, the No. 112. <br />Palos <br />Milepost 170.4. Elevation 7492. No siding. Palos at one point was the junction <br />for a spur to the Tipple of the McKinney Mine, near White City. <br />This area is the top of the divide between Oak Creek and Phippsburg. Helper <br />engines are often required to this point, and many a Moffat trainman has waded <br />through snow up to his waist replacing drawbars yanked out of coal cars as a result <br />of trying to make the hill with too little power and too many tons. <br />