. The street railway review . K;. 1-WITI! UOCKLAXI) 1>,\VIN(, joined to the car body, either by using a block of wood orflat bar of iron, i x X in.: the length of the attaching bar can beeasily regulated, and the lost motion is reduced to the adjustment of J^ of an in. to allow for wear has been provided. In Fig. 2 is illustrated what the Van Dorn company calls theBarnes T-rail attachment, made especially for very heavy particularly to meet the re(|uirements of elevated roads. It issimply a T-rail. weighing 80-lb. to the yard, and swi
. The street railway review . K;. 1-WITI! UOCKLAXI) 1>,\VIN(, joined to the car body, either by using a block of wood orflat bar of iron, i x X in.: the length of the attaching bar can beeasily regulated, and the lost motion is reduced to the adjustment of J^ of an in. to allow for wear has been provided. In Fig. 2 is illustrated what the Van Dorn company calls theBarnes T-rail attachment, made especially for very heavy particularly to meet the re(|uirements of elevated roads. It issimply a T-rail. weighing 80-lb. to the yard, and swiveled on Ihebody bolster. The coupling head is bolted on to the T-rail withfour turned bolts with rimmed holes. This makes a very solidcoupling, durable, easily adjusted and inexpensive to arc two springs to each attachment. The Van Dorn couplers, in connection with these attachments,have effectually solved the problem of automatically coupling trailcars on street surface, and elevated railways. They arc also of track likely to cause no c
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