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Title: Electric railway review
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: American Street and Interurban Railway Association
Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Wilson Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ruck and machine shops are served by an overheadcrane of 15 tons lifting capacity. The crane has four electricmotors and an auxiliary hoist. It was built by the WhitingFoundry Equipment Company, Harvey, 111. The very com-plete equipment of machine tools was purchased from theNiles-Bement-Pond Company. The track arrangement of these new shops is of especialmterest. Outside the building the storage tracks for cars in If it is desired to change the trucks under a car the caris placed in the shop so that the trucks to be replaced standon the transfer table. Then with the overhead crane thebody is lifted just high enough to let the wheels clear thetruss rods. The transfer table can then be moved by hand,out from under the car body, taking the trucks on it. Thesecan be run on to another track and a different set placed onthe transfer table. Then the table and trucks are movedunder the car body ready for it to be lowered again. A de-cided advantage in this method of truck replacement is that
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Cross Secr/onWashington Baltimore & Annapolis—Section Through Part of Repair Shops. daily use are served by alternating-current trolley wires, whilethe shop and adjacent tracks have trolley wires carrying 600-volt current. Switches in the nearby substations control thecurrent supply to the yards and shop buildings. The track layout in the various divisions of the shops isshown in the accompanying floor plan. In the inspection and for removing the trucks it is not necessary to lift the carbody so high that the trucks will clear the steps, but onlyhigh enough so that the wheels will clear the truss rods. The Washington Baltimore & Annapolis road has beenbuilt for high-speed operation. The territory is one fromwhich little but through traffic may be expected for some time

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