. The Street railway journal . motormans air-brake valve; these valvesare often found to give trouble when the lubricant used be-comes chilled by extreme cold weather, and this provision ofheat will tend to prevent troubles of such a nature. The new standard auxiliary equipment, which is being ap-plied to the cabs, consists of a wooden slipper, a paddle-shapeddevice of hard wood for lifting the third-rail shoe off the con-ductor rail in case of accident or necessity of repairs to theelectrical equipment of the car, a separate link and pin for theVan Dorn automatic couplers, and an emergency th
. The Street railway journal . motormans air-brake valve; these valvesare often found to give trouble when the lubricant used be-comes chilled by extreme cold weather, and this provision ofheat will tend to prevent troubles of such a nature. The new standard auxiliary equipment, which is being ap-plied to the cabs, consists of a wooden slipper, a paddle-shapeddevice of hard wood for lifting the third-rail shoe off the con-ductor rail in case of accident or necessity of repairs to theelectrical equipment of the car, a separate link and pin for theVan Dorn automatic couplers, and an emergency third-rail-shoe fuse of a new type, which can be quickly-and easily ap-plied in case of blowing of the regular fuse, thus enabling thetrain to proceed without delay. The slipper is found invaluablein an emergency case of any sort, when it is desirable to liftthe shoes out of contact with the third rail for positively cut-ting off the current supply; this may be done by means of the 256 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. DETAILS OF THE NEW MOTORMANS CAB CONSTRUCTION, WHICH HAVE BEEN ADOPTED TO PROVIDE FOR THE INSTALLATIONOF THE CAB SWITCHBOARD, THE CAB HEATER AND THE AUXILIARY CAB EQUIPMENT slipper as easily as a trolley wheel may be pulled off of thetrolley wire in surface opeartion. The separate link and pin of the couplers is illustrated inposition at the front side of the cab in the accompanying draw-ing of the cab. A special supporting bracket is provided tocarry it, so that it may be easily and surely found when emergency shoe fuse consists of two special connectorswith insulated wooden handles, between which is connectedan emergency main fuse; in case of the main shoe fuse blowing,this extra fuse may be connected in by clamping the special connectors over the bolt heads upon the shoe-fuse blocks. Thismay be done with entire safety to the motorman, and also veryquickly, and will enable the train to proceed without new feature to be noted in
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