. The street railway review . WORK CAR OF BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY. equipped with the National Electric Cos. automatic air are three motor-driven compressors of 4-h. p. each, oper-ating at sso volts and 1,100 r. p. m. These supply the air forthe operation of the brakes and the winches, drills, grinders, flat car in front carries rails, frogs, bolts, third-rail insulators,spikes, ties and other supplies. It is of the same length as the main switch for the power circuit. On the outside of the boxare the snap switches for the compressor, heating and lightingcontrol. Snow brush
. The street railway review . WORK CAR OF BOSTON ELEVATED RAILWAY. equipped with the National Electric Cos. automatic air are three motor-driven compressors of 4-h. p. each, oper-ating at sso volts and 1,100 r. p. m. These supply the air forthe operation of the brakes and the winches, drills, grinders, flat car in front carries rails, frogs, bolts, third-rail insulators,spikes, ties and other supplies. It is of the same length as the main switch for the power circuit. On the outside of the boxare the snap switches for the compressor, heating and lightingcontrol. Snow brushes of the companys standard steel springconstruction are mounted on the trucks adjacent to the third railshoes, and the roof is equipped with two the seats in the car are various wrenches, grippers. Jan. 15, lyos.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 11 /A/ ^4VO/u-a or ^o -o. CRANES ON BOSTON ELEVATED WORK CAR. picks, bolts, washers, ropes, chains, etc. One of the motor-drivencompressors is mounted inside llie car also. On the walls are amedicine cabinet equipped with emergency bandages, antisepticsand other relief appliances, and racks holding lantern globes, fibreinsulating joints used in the signal rail, brushes, hack saws, in-candescent lamps, lignum-vitae blocks, monkey and Stillson wrenches,adzes, , a track level and gage, spike pullers and air derrick is supplied with air through a i-in. hose which con-nects it with the reservoirs of the compressor system. Suspended from the roof are two emery grinders for use onthe rails, equipped with flexible shafts which are driven by anair motor on the car; cages of incandescent lamps in banks of 5, cross-cut saws and a bug or portable trolley pole for connectingwith the trolley underneath the elevated structure. On the flooris a large assortment of spike bars, hand jacks, wrenches, specialtrack b
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