The Street railway journal (1902) (14574963190)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo191902newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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INTERIOR OF TALLMAN STREET CAR HOUSE has found that the practice of discarding wheels when theyget too much worn for successful service has worked verywell, although it is now making a trial of wheel-turningbrake-shoes. An armature rack has been constructed be-tween two of the car pits, so that new armatures are alwaysready for placing between the fields of the motors shoulda car come in. recmiring it. This not only utilizes consid- 520 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XIX. No. 18. erable waste space, but saves the time necessary for carry-ing the new armature from the winding room out into thecar house.
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20 tons. The valves, which are in the supply pipe and ex-haust pipe of the cylinder, are operated by long handleswhich pass through holes in the floor. When not using thehoist, the ends of these handles are taken out of the valve wheel and WOLF STREET CAR HOUSE The master mechanic of the road, Fred DuBois, has per-fected a most ingenious hydraulic hoist for removingwheels or trucks from cars. The details of this hoist are