. Electric railway journal . vary from 1 lb. to15 lb. New bearings, dowel pins and fields were providedand the brush-holder tension fixed at 7 lb. throughout. Theinspectors give particular attention to pole clearance anduse a fiber gage for this purpose when the bearings aregetting dangerously low. JOURNALS, CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND GEARS In June, 86 cars were pulled in for hot journals and inNovember none at all. There were, however, 12 hot jour-nals in December, in consequence of the breaking in of 150pay-as-you-enter cars. These new cars are now giving as 334 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXX
. Electric railway journal . vary from 1 lb. to15 lb. New bearings, dowel pins and fields were providedand the brush-holder tension fixed at 7 lb. throughout. Theinspectors give particular attention to pole clearance anduse a fiber gage for this purpose when the bearings aregetting dangerously low. JOURNALS, CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND GEARS In June, 86 cars were pulled in for hot journals and inNovember none at all. There were, however, 12 hot jour-nals in December, in consequence of the breaking in of 150pay-as-you-enter cars. These new cars are now giving as 334 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 8. little trouble in this respect as the old ones. The strikingpoint about this journal record is that it has been made pos-sible simply by thorough maintenance, as no change wasmade in the design, babbitt metal or lubrication of the jour-nal boxes. Circuit-breaker troubles reached their maximum in June,with 43. The thorough overhauling of the breakers, withthe concurrent rehabilitation of the motors and controllers. Third Avenue Railroad Equipment Failures—Chart of At-mature Failures and the adoption of periodical inspection, has eradicatedalmost entirely failures of this character. Gear lubrication has been given such close attention thatnot a single gear failure occurred during November andDecember, while seven months before gears were responsi-ble for 30 pull-ins. ORGANIZATION DETAILS The general inspection of all cars operated by the ThirdAvenue Railroad Company is now carried on in four carhouses, as follows: Grand Street and East River; 129thStreet and Amsterdam Avenue; 129th Street and ThirdAvenue, and Sixty-fifth Street and Third Avenue. Thelatter building group also contains the general repair shopfor the entire system. The car maintenance department is 501 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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