. The street railway review . I i r CAD AT TAUNTON, MABP. I. door | 11 ■ i > 1 pint dooi po Its were pin ii ii lining and i porting ib. platfo run from il sin III di up to an I i thi ■■■- Ide door post ed on a Mi luire single truck op of the i ed in n io thai bul portion ol (hi n dircctl) upon the !■ ■ the foul 72 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol Ml. No. a. top, permitting the tower to . lie flat upon the roof platform mentioned When the tower is in it- upright positionit is held securely by two chains attache! to upper opposite cornersand extending diagonally down and hooking into eye bol
. The street railway review . I i r CAD AT TAUNTON, MABP. I. door | 11 ■ i > 1 pint dooi po Its were pin ii ii lining and i porting ib. platfo run from il sin III di up to an I i thi ■■■- Ide door post ed on a Mi luire single truck op of the i ed in n io thai bul portion ol (hi n dircctl) upon the !■ ■ the foul 72 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol Ml. No. a. top, permitting the tower to . lie flat upon the roof platform mentioned When the tower is in it- upright positionit is held securely by two chains attache! to upper opposite cornersand extending diagonally down and hooking into eye bolts in theplatform as indicated. An iron ladder at one end gives access to car is used to advantage for a variety of purposes It par- WRECKING CAR AND PIT HOIST IN SNOW PLOW vi TAUNTON, MASS tially fills the place of a tower wagon, and with h the companall kinds of overhead repair work. Salt and sand bins are carriedinside the car. the sand being fed directly to the rail through -I -The car is also provided with jacks and sundry tools likely to berequired in breakdowns and other emergency cases In winter a portable sheet metal nose is fastened to one end andthe car does dut) as a snow plow in light snows, I he weight ofthe nose in this case is supported on stanchions from the platformThe car is equipped with two G. E. 800 motors The accompanying illustration, f.,r which we are indebted iW. H. Smith, general manager of the Los Angeles & PasadenaElectric shows two auxiliaries of the mechanical of which has been found highly useful in its special field. repn tents a wrecking car which is used both for re-pair work on the tracks and in case of accident to anyof the rolling stock when in service. The car is arranged for
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