. The Street railway journal . FIG. 13.—FRONT VIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE being interlocked. The main lever, A, which is also a startinglever, serves for operating the starting and regulating standstill the starting lever stands vertically to the longi-tudinal axle of the locomotive. At starting, the locomotivedriver pulls the starting lever towards himself, when it de-scribes a certain angle and is brought into its first position atwhich it acts upon the starting lever, C, and thus admits com-pressed air to the primary switches and rheostat this means the primary switches are f
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 13.—FRONT VIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE being interlocked. The main lever, A, which is also a startinglever, serves for operating the starting and regulating standstill the starting lever stands vertically to the longi-tudinal axle of the locomotive. At starting, the locomotivedriver pulls the starting lever towards himself, when it de-scribes a certain angle and is brought into its first position atwhich it acts upon the starting lever, C, and thus admits com-pressed air to the primary switches and rheostat this means the primary switches are first thrown in, whilethe rheostat heads are brought into a position at which, whilenot yet in circuit, are ready to be acted upon by the regulatingvalve. When the lever is further turned, the regulating valve,D, begins to act and effects the insertion of the water second, shorter lever, E, below the starting lever, is the. A—Trolley baseB—Main fusesC—Distributing boxD—Choking coil E—Speed controller F—Primary switch G—Master controller H—Hand switch for compressor FIG. 14.—ARRANGEMENT OF THE APPARATUS IN THEMOTORMANS CAB (TABLE) reversing lever and acts upon the reversing valve. The out-ward position of this lever makes the locomotive run forward,whereas, if the lever is thrown towards the inside, the loco-motive moves backward. The regulating valve has two open-ings, which are connected with the corresponding parts of theair pistons of the primary switch. According to the positionof the regulating valve these openings are connected eitherwith the air tank or with the open air. The third lever, F, atthe left hand of the starting lever, is the speed lever, andconnects the motors either in cascade or single. The various levers are interlocked in such a manner as toallow of the reversing lever and speed-regulating lever beingmoved only when the starting lever is in its initial position,so
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