. Electric railway review . plications. From the above it is evident that the AMM equipment Isdesigned to meet successfully the very wide range of condi-tions existing in modern electric traction service where shorttrain operation is the determining factor. RussoU Car & Snow Plow Company, of Ridgway. Pa., hason exhibition on the side track on Virginia avenue in front ofthe Steel pier one of its size six combination car and snowplows. An inspection of it is easily worth the time. The com-pany is represented here by M. S. Kline. J. E. I^ R. .Jacob Wendell. . H. E. Osterriec
. Electric railway review . plications. From the above it is evident that the AMM equipment Isdesigned to meet successfully the very wide range of condi-tions existing in modern electric traction service where shorttrain operation is the determining factor. RussoU Car & Snow Plow Company, of Ridgway. Pa., hason exhibition on the side track on Virginia avenue in front ofthe Steel pier one of its size six combination car and snowplows. An inspection of it is easily worth the time. The com-pany is represented here by M. S. Kline. J. E. I^ R. .Jacob Wendell. . H. E. Osterriech. O. C. Feraus,Geo. C. Morse. Information may also be had at Wendell &McDviffies Space 40. ejii-2 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 15e. LATEST MODEL PEACOCK BRAKE. PLASTIC RAIL BONDS. At the booth of the National Brake Company in the ballroom the latest model Peacock brake which is shown in theaccompanying illustration is on exhibit. In this model theprojection below the car floor has been shortened to seven. Latest Model Peacock Brake. and one-half inches, which will permit the use of the brakeon cars where the draw bars swing so closely to the floor asto prevent the use of the brake as manufactured new design Is considerably lighter than the regulartype-C brake of the same gear ratio of which it is a modifica-tion. The brake has been on the market less than a month. TITAN GEARS. The material composing the Titan gears manufactured bythe Atha Steel Casting Company, of Newark, N. J., is so hard that it cannot be cut by anytool steel yet-known. Allfinished surfaces, such asteeth and hub-fit, are ac-curately ground to tem-plates. Although the ma-terial is hard, it is notbrittle; on the contrary itis so tough that test pieceshave been bent coldthrough an angle of 180degrees without showingfracture. The gear is madesolid with the teeth castin, then a special machinegrinds the periphery of theteeth to the accurate di-ameter. Another machinegrinds each tooth to
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