. Electric railway journal . Type ofBrush Paintedon Box, (Each Compartment^ -has a Cufas shown at Ato allon Fingers toCrosp Brush WOOD CUT SO US TOALLOW FINGERS TOGRASP BRUSH. DETAILS OF BOX FOR HOLDING MOTOR BRUSHES the sides of the box project beyond the sides of thepost the compartments are arranged in a double arrangement, however, would not be necessary ifthe box were located on the wall. The top of the boxis made sloping and covered with tin to prevent wasteor other materials from being placed on it. As shown,the wood at the back of the box is cut away along thebottom line to gi
. Electric railway journal . Type ofBrush Paintedon Box, (Each Compartment^ -has a Cufas shown at Ato allon Fingers toCrosp Brush WOOD CUT SO US TOALLOW FINGERS TOGRASP BRUSH. DETAILS OF BOX FOR HOLDING MOTOR BRUSHES the sides of the box project beyond the sides of thepost the compartments are arranged in a double arrangement, however, would not be necessary ifthe box were located on the wall. The top of the boxis made sloping and covered with tin to prevent wasteor other materials from being placed on it. As shown,the wood at the back of the box is cut away along thebottom line to give room for the fingers to slip in andgrasp the brush. The compartments of the box arefilled by inserting brushes in the bottom, each brushpushing up the one above it. The use of this box haseffected considerable saving since the brushes are vglonger left around on the floor and in the pit wherethey may be damaged or swept up as refuse. October 13, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 685. FIG. 1- -BROKEN DOWN INSERT PLATE AND WING RAILBEFORE REPAIR How Some Difficult Special WorkRepair Jobs Were Accomplished Three Types of Welding Processes Used in RepairingSpecial Work That Could Not Be Replaced BY W. L. WHITLOCK Office Engineer Denver Tramway Company Inability to get delivery on new special work andhigh costs have necessitated the repairing of old specialwork which was worn beyond what would ordinarily beconsidered good practice to attempt to retain in a number of cases the work of repairing these badlyworn pieces called into play all the ingenuity of ourtrack force and the use of all our special track repairdevices. A square crossing where the manganese insert wasbroken and the ball of the wing rail was broken off aswell is shown in Fig. 1. The problem of repairing thiswing rail in the absence of new special work to replaceit was particularly hard to solve. The first attemptwas to cut a short piece of rail similar to the piecebroken off and to weld this i
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