. The Street railway journal . accompanying reproductions from a increased cooling effect on the air in the tanks wasobtained by hanging the tanks below the side I-beams. Infact they were placed so low that it was not advisable toput the customary drain cocks underneath, so to permitdrainage the tanks were hung with one end about 3 ins. except the short ones are run in the space over the steelplates and underneath the wood floor. The conduits werebuilt in this space during the construction of the car andare held in position in such a manner that vibration is im-possible. Those te
. The Street railway journal . accompanying reproductions from a increased cooling effect on the air in the tanks wasobtained by hanging the tanks below the side I-beams. Infact they were placed so low that it was not advisable toput the customary drain cocks underneath, so to permitdrainage the tanks were hung with one end about 3 ins. except the short ones are run in the space over the steelplates and underneath the wood floor. The conduits werebuilt in this space during the construction of the car andare held in position in such a manner that vibration is im-possible. Those terminating in the jumper receptacles onthe end of the car and those leading to the master controllerdrop down through the steel plate just behind the end sills,while those leading to the pump and controller parts arecarried through the plate immediately over the apparatusto which they connect. In the accompanying engravingthe conduits shown by full lines are those above the steel io68 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIX. No. floor. Those underneath are shown bybroken lines. One advantage gained bycarrying the conduits in this space abovethe steel floor was that no brake appa-ratus and other parts were to be avoided;in addition, they could be run straightwith increased economy both in laborof installation and in material. An ideaof the relative location of the switchgroup reverser, grids and main switchmay be obtained from one of the illus-trations. By assembling these, all con-necting cables were materially loricated conduits between the con-troller apparatus are held in by wrought-iron straps bolted to the steel floorabove. Although assembled compactly, thecontroller apparatus is so placed that anypart of it may be easily reached for in-spection or repair. The limit switchesare mounted near the ends of the re-verser, where they are readily accessi-ble. All of the control apparatus, andin fact all the apparatus under the car,is suspended from the steel floor by
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