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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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right posts, 12 ins. x 12 ins., placed two on each side ofthe track, with sufficient clearance to pass all types of steam rail-road cars. A 12-in. I-beam is framed into the top of each pair ofposts, and the posts are tied together across the tracks at the topby means of tie-rods, using pipe as spacers. The pipes are alsofastened to the posts by flanges and lag screws. On each I-beamthere are two 7000-lb. chain hoists, which are suspended fromrollers by means of a U-iron. The connection between the lower 468 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. (Vol. XXII. No. 10. hook of the hoist and the truck consists of a flat bar, i in. x 4ins., bent into the form of a square hook to fit the side of the truck,with an eye at the upper end. This hook is made of a flat bar inorder to allow it to be slipped into the opening between the topof the toe-board and the bottom of the sill plate. A few words as to the time required for unloading cars with thisarrangement will show its value. A shipment of 110 open cars on
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As soon as the armature is removed from the motor it is placedon one of these armature carts and carried just outside the build-ing, where there is an attachment for cleaning the armature withcompressed air. The armature may be readily revolved in thehooks on this cart without placing same on the ground, and inthis way the compressed air is blown into all the openings in thearmature, thus clearing out all the carbon dust it is possible toreach in this manner. TROLLEY-POLE STRAIGHTENER A small Jim Crow is a very useful device about a repair shop orcar house. Fig. 8 gives the details of one, which may be used tostraighten trolley poles, dash posts, etc. It is not too heavy totake on the roof of the car, and a trolley pole may be straightenedwithout removing it from the stand. REINSULATING FIELDS The question of reinstating fields is one which has been beforethe electric railway repair men for some time. Some have adopted

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