. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections Through Vestibule tained at main reservoir pressure by direct connection with cured to the outer faces of the vestibule door posts at both the locomotive. Each end of the car is fitted with one of ends of the car. There are two levers, both arranged to these reservoirs which has sufficient storage capacity to permit lock in the neutral position, one for opening and closing the operation of the doors 10 or 12 times after the locomotive the door and one neutral. As a further safety feature there Sx9Journal. Cast Steel Truck Under Illinois Central Suburban
. Railway mechanical engineer . Sections Through Vestibule tained at main reservoir pressure by direct connection with cured to the outer faces of the vestibule door posts at both the locomotive. Each end of the car is fitted with one of ends of the car. There are two levers, both arranged to these reservoirs which has sufficient storage capacity to permit lock in the neutral position, one for opening and closing the operation of the doors 10 or 12 times after the locomotive the door and one neutral. As a further safety feature there Sx9Journal. Cast Steel Truck Under Illinois Central Suburban Coaches has been cut off. These reservoirs are directly connected to is a collapsible arm on the engine shaft so that the door can the main reservoir of the locomotive by a -K-in. train line, be opened about 6 in. from its closed position. Each switch No signal air line is provided as automatic electric signals box controls both of the doors on one side of the coach, an are used in suburban service. arrangement which permits one guard to operate all of the Decembkr, 1921 K \ u Ml ill \. \l. ENGINEER 759 doors on two cars. In event of an electrical failure the airvalve may be operated by hand. In case a door is closed onan obstruction which prevents further movement it auto-matically opens about 36 in., then reverses and moves to-wards the closed position again. This movement is kept up by tin dosing of the doors. A green light mounted in thecab of the locomotive is connected to a series circuit carriedback through the train by ele
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