The Street railway journal (1904) (14575728397)

Identifier: streetrailwayjo241904newy (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
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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FIG. 23.—VIEW IN REPAIR SHOP, SHOWING SLING CAR HOIST FIG. 24.—THE PORTLAND RAILWAY COMPANYS STANDARDAND STANDARD MAXIMUM TRACTION TRUCK MAXIMUM TRACTION TRUCK built in the shops, and is said to give as good satisfaction as, ifnot better than, one from a regular manufacturer. All the ma-chines are connected with the boiler furnace by means of a hooked cables that hang from the ends of two longitudinalbeams above the car. The front and rear ends of these beamsare in turn respectively connected by cables to two hand blocks 1142 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXIV. No. 27. which are operated from the floor. This method of lifting acar is a simple but comparatively rapid one, and it has the ad-
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pit, dividing it into five sections, if different degrees of heatare required. At the ends of the pit are placed iron doorswhich, when open, allow the shafts of large arma-tures to project through the end walls, thus afford-ing accommodation for large pieces of work. Con-siderable outside armature repairing is done forother railways and electrical companies in Port-land. In the oven just described, a large armatureis baked thoroughly in three days, while ordinaryrailway armatures require but twelve hours. Fig.32 gives a good view of the pit and an armaturesuspended over it by means of a block and chainfrom a small traveling crane which serves most ofthe armature shop. The armature is hung in aspecial stilyards type of saddle that was designedin the shops. Street Ry.Journal FIG. 27.—SKETCH FOR ATTACHMENT OF SEPARATE WESTING-HOUSE MAGNETIC BRAKE RIGGING vantage of hoisting the body evenly and without wrenching,as is apt to happen when jacks are used. ARMATURE SHOPThere are several int