. Electric railway journal . TYPE OF HAND-OPERATED PUNCH Electrification Shows Surprising Results onan English Railroad Three years before the electrification of the London& Southwestern Railroads suburban lines 25,000,000passengers were carried. Due to the inadequacy of thesteam service rendered this number fell off to 23,000,000just preceding electrification. In 1916 electric servicewas gradually brought into operation and the numberof passengers carried increased to 29, In 1917this number further increased to 33,000,000 and in1918 the total was 40,000,000. 924 Electric Railway Journ
. Electric railway journal . TYPE OF HAND-OPERATED PUNCH Electrification Shows Surprising Results onan English Railroad Three years before the electrification of the London& Southwestern Railroads suburban lines 25,000,000passengers were carried. Due to the inadequacy of thesteam service rendered this number fell off to 23,000,000just preceding electrification. In 1916 electric servicewas gradually brought into operation and the numberof passengers carried increased to 29, In 1917this number further increased to 33,000,000 and in1918 the total was 40,000,000. 924 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 19 A Mechanical Pusher for UnloadingFlat Cars By W. L. Whitlock Office Engineer The Denver Tramway Company THE pusher shown in the accompanying photoswas constructed by the Denver Tramway Companyfor the purpose of reducing the labor costs of unloadingflat cars with dirt in addition to reducing the lengthof time that the equipment was tied up on this classof work. The dirt excavations of track, bridge and. PUSHER ON TURNOUT building jobs whenever possible are loaded onto ourstandard flat cars, and in former years this materialwas used to backfill a gravel pit that this companyleased. At the present time a dump has been estab-lished at which waste materials are disposed. The pusher is mounted on a Bemis single truckhaving a wheelbase of approximately 7 ft. A platformwas built over this truck and a wood pole 55 ft. longwith a steel plate placed on the end of pole, wasmounted on a pivot over the truck and three steel rods,with turnbuckles in the center to adjust strains wereprovided for reinforcing the pole. Counterbalance isprovided by means of a platform weighted with scrap
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