. The Street railway journal . VIEW IN WAITING ROOM OF THE SOUTH ROCKWOOD DEPOT,LOOKING TOWARD TICKET OFFICE officials of prevailing braking systems. It was thought thatthe advantages to be gained from the use of the large centralair compressor plant, from which storage tanks upon the carsshould be filled occasionally, seemed to weigh out of considera-tion any other scheme. The new system has proven very eco-nomical, and in practical operation is very satisfactory. The details of the system follow in general the lines of thesystems that have been installed in Detroit, St. Louis and else-. DETA
. The Street railway journal . VIEW IN WAITING ROOM OF THE SOUTH ROCKWOOD DEPOT,LOOKING TOWARD TICKET OFFICE officials of prevailing braking systems. It was thought thatthe advantages to be gained from the use of the large centralair compressor plant, from which storage tanks upon the carsshould be filled occasionally, seemed to weigh out of considera-tion any other scheme. The new system has proven very eco-nomical, and in practical operation is very satisfactory. The details of the system follow in general the lines of thesystems that have been installed in Detroit, St. Louis and else-. DETAILS OF THE STANDARD COMBINED SUB-STATION ANDDEPOT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION USED UPON THIS SYSTEM January 28, 1905.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 149 where. Each car is equipped with two large storage tanks;these tanks deliver at a pressure of 250 lbs., through a pressure-reducing valve to a small service reservoir, from which thebrake connections are made in the usual manner. The air-brake equipment was supplied by the «Westinghouse Traction Brake Com-pany, the style of system used beingthe Westinghouse straight-air sys-tem, type SM-i. The compressor, which is a Halltwo-stage steam-driven machine, isinstalled in the basement of the en-gine room, together with the storageand cooling tanks. It has amplecapacity for the operation of theroad, and is controlled automaticallyby the pressure in the storage is made to cars at the sideof the power house, next to the carhouse, through a Ions: hose which is tional safety is insured by the use of a despatching booths
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