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Identifier: electricrailway381911newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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r armatures . .... 1.500 Type-M control apparatus 1.090 All wiring and switches 470 Trolley and third-rail shoes and parts 500 Car body and trimmings 1,760 Trucks, including pilots ■. 1.435 Wheels and axles.. 1.200 Compressors and governors 1.110 Painting and varnishing 504 Brake shoes, all kinds 1.030 Total car operation $12,929 Cleaning, oiling and inspection: Car cleaning $1,980 Car-cleaning supplies 439 All other supplies 934 Oiling and packing 387 Lubricants and waste 562 Motor and electrical equipment inspection 1.310 Car and truck inspection 1.370 Shop repairs, etc 400 All other carhouse wages 864 Heating and lighting shops 1.580 Total cleaning, oiling and inspection $9,826 ^Substation operation: Rotary converters $1,220 Rotarv converter transformers 069 Oil switches 103 Switchboards, etc 275 Total substation operation $1,667 *Note—The above costs apply to third-rail division only. Costs onFox River division are much lower, owing to lighter equipment and lesssevere service.
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Aurora, Elgin & Chicago—New Limited Destination Sign August iy, 1911.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 309 NEW CLASSIFICATION SIGN A new classification sign has been developed for useon the limited trains. The purpose of this sign is to indi-cate to people on the platforms whether a train islimited, and also to show them to what destination it isscheduled. The use of such a sign prevents misunder-standing on the part of passengers waiting at stationswhere the train is not scheduled to stop and also avoidsthe loss of time by passengers mistaking one train foranother, as, for example, flagging an Elgin limited whenthey wish to board an Aurora limited. These new signs,which are the result of study over a period of severalyears, are 30 in. square and are made of two pieces ofsheet steel, each 15 in. x 30 in. in size and hinged at thecenter so that one piece folds against the other. Whenin the folded position the sign cannot readily be seen be-cause the outside of it is painted the same co

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