. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—WICK HOLDER FIG. -WICK HOLDER AND SETSCREW FIG. 5.—EARLY OIL CUP markable when it is stated that a large percentage of the carson this division are double-truck, with closed bodies 50 ft. inlength, weighing 25 tons to 26 tons, and have only two West-inghouse No. 56 motors per car. The service is exceedinglyheavy, there being many grades, varying from 5 per cent to 10per cent. The writer has observed these motors so hot that hecould not bear his hand on them even for a moment. Whilegrease was being used, the receptacles had to be refilled fromthree to
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 3.—WICK HOLDER FIG. -WICK HOLDER AND SETSCREW FIG. 5.—EARLY OIL CUP markable when it is stated that a large percentage of the carson this division are double-truck, with closed bodies 50 ft. inlength, weighing 25 tons to 26 tons, and have only two West-inghouse No. 56 motors per car. The service is exceedinglyheavy, there being many grades, varying from 5 per cent to 10per cent. The writer has observed these motors so hot that hecould not bear his hand on them even for a moment. Whilegrease was being used, the receptacles had to be refilled fromthree to four times daily, but with oil, attention is required notoftener than once a day, and in many cases they are allowed torun two or three days without refilling. Fig. 7 shows an improved axle bearing, and Fig. 8 an arma-ture bearing designed for wool waste and oil, both of which arebeing manufactured by the Westinghouse Company. There are,of course, two armature bearings and two axle bearings on eachmotor. The armature beari
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