. Electric railway journal . , Start, andin spite of the noise caused by a large steam turbine in thesame room the signal is quietly but effectively signals are also connected to call the atention of flooroperators to the transparencies. Ten switches are requiredfor this device. The compartments are about to in. deep,and the cabinet is 4 ft. square, the lamps being of 8-cp and32-cp rating. Usually one of the larger size is employedin the narrower compartments, from three to five of thesmaller lamps being connected in each division on the left-hand side of the annunciator. 344
. Electric railway journal . , Start, andin spite of the noise caused by a large steam turbine in thesame room the signal is quietly but effectively signals are also connected to call the atention of flooroperators to the transparencies. Ten switches are requiredfor this device. The compartments are about to in. deep,and the cabinet is 4 ft. square, the lamps being of 8-cp and32-cp rating. Usually one of the larger size is employedin the narrower compartments, from three to five of thesmaller lamps being connected in each division on the left-hand side of the annunciator. 344 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL V< l. XLH, No. 9. MULTIPLE DUMP CARS FOR THE CONNECTICUTCOMPANY The Connecticut Company has lately received from theWason Manufacturing Company five multiple dump cars ofthe type shown in the accompanying illustration. Thesecars are designed to draw gravel or trap rock from the stonecrusher to the various points where the railroad may needthis material, or to draw the material for State road RADIAL COUPLER AND DRAFT RIGGING FORELECTRIC CARS The new National radial coupler and draft rigging-shown in the accompanying illustration has been developedby the National Malleable Castings Company, Cleveland,Ohio, in response to a demand for the application of auto-matic couplers to electric traction equipment. It consistsof an automatic coupler of the approved Master Car Build-ers type, pivoted by means of a radius bar to the car pivotal point is located adjacent to the truck center,and the coupler is permitted a large degree of unrestrictedlateral displacement, thus allowing coupled cars to passaround very sharp curves without throwing any strain onthe car structure. Either the companys well-known Sharon or Vulcan auto-matic couplers can be used with this device, and both Ofthem have the required lock set, lock-to-lock and knucklethrowing features, couple automatically by impact, operatewithout the necessity of anyone going between the cars a
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