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Identifier: electricrailway481916newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
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ld coil under test. As the currentvaries according to the type of field coil tested, it isnecessary for the operator to interpret his reading andbase his deductions on the results of experience. Line Car for One-Man Operation Automobile Emergency Rig Supersedes Horse-Drawn Wagon in Utica, N. Y. BY h. g. throop Superintendent of Line and Buildings, New York State Railways,Syracuse. N. Y. A searchlight used at night in the location and repairof overhead line troubles is one of the many interestingfeatures of an automobile emergency car which has justbeen placed in service by the New York State Rail-ways (Utica Lines). The line car is an exceedinglylight outfit capable of being operated by one man andis expected to be a very efficient piece of apparatus.Trolley and feeder trouble in this city has been handledup to a recent date by an ordinary horse-drawn linewagon with a crew of three men. The device, which is shown in the accompanying illus- August 26, 1916) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 365
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EMERGENCY LINE CAR- -LADDER AND PLATFORM IN FOLDEDPOSITION EMERGENCY LINE CAR—PLATFORM IN OPERATING POSITIONAND TAILBOARD LOWERED trations, was built by the addition of a folding A-ladderand a toolbox body to an ordinary Ford runabout. Theladder and body are, however, applicable to almost anyof the standard make automobiles. The A-ladder con-sists of three sections which fold up on a four-leggedwooden tower which is in turn securely fastened to theautomobile chassis sills by braces and U-bolts. The A-ladder is pivoted on a rod bolted to the top of the woodentower and has attached to one end two spiral springsconnected to the sides of the ladder and adjusted insuch a manner that one man can easily raise the lad-der to its maximum height. The height of the ladderin its raised position is 18 ft. above the ground, whichis sufficient for reaching any trolley or span wire. Theladder is easily locked in its upright position by notchescut in the covers of the tool boxes along the side of th

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