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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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ven a quarter turn back andis ready for paying out the trolley wire. This paying out requires no attention after the brakehas once been set to give the exact amount of friction tosecure the wire tension desired by the linemen on top. By means of this arrangement and a large woodensheave just above the floor of the car on the oppositeside of the tower, it is possible to string trolley wireout in either direction. The wire passes under the ramcylinder and then upward when being strung out overthe reel mount end of the car roof. When being strungout over the opposite end of the car it passes directlyupward from the reel to the tower platform. The reel jacks are bolted permanently to the turn-table. The latter is held rigidly to the car floor by itscenter pin and the reel shaft is prevented from liftingout of the jacks by the bolted top caps of the shaft bear-ings on top of these jacks. Permanent outside vertical ladders are provided ateach end of the car for climbing to the roof from the
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The tower can be raised its full height by this equip-ment in eight seconds. It remains practically rigidwhere set without further locking or chaining. The reel of trolley wire is supported by a 2-in. steelshaft with ends resting in hinged bearings of twostandard adjustable reel jacks. The complete apparatusis mounted on a circular ball-bearing turntable 5 ft. floor. A hinged, collapsible pole jenny and a completeset of hole-digging and pole-raising tools are suspendedfrom heavy hooks out of the way and yet within easyreach along the edge of the roof under the extensionladders. Other working conveniences are a bench vise,charcoal bin and forge on the floor, rows of materialbins along and under the roof, drawers, hooks, etc. June 15, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 1131 Keeping Power Plant Oil in Good Condition Oil Disintegrates in Service—After WiseSelection the Problem Is So to Treat theOil that It Will Be Available WithoutWaste for Reuse THE following discussion of oil in steam turb

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