. Electric railway journal . ints so that the truss will fold back against the mainframe when the equipment is not in service. The frame clears the standard car by 2 in. when inuse. Eight of these equipments are now in service,there being one on each side of each track. The stand-ard track length in the carhouse is about 420 ft. In ourlatest design, we use a special form of forked truss toguide the platform frame, the outer bar being % and IV2 in. in height, and running on the guiderail by small wheels carried in the fork ends. Thehinges are of %-in. bolt construction. The portableplat
. Electric railway journal . ints so that the truss will fold back against the mainframe when the equipment is not in service. The frame clears the standard car by 2 in. when inuse. Eight of these equipments are now in service,there being one on each side of each track. The stand-ard track length in the carhouse is about 420 ft. In ourlatest design, we use a special form of forked truss toguide the platform frame, the outer bar being % and IV2 in. in height, and running on the guiderail by small wheels carried in the fork ends. Thehinges are of %-in. bolt construction. The portableplatform equipments were designed by the writer, andcost about $5 each. TROLLEY PAN WITH ANGLE-IRON GUIDES BY THOMAS OHANLON, WIRE SUPERINTENDENT YONKERS(N. Y.) RAILROAD For some time the Yonkers Railroad was troubledwith delays due to the difficulty which its men had whenturning the poles of cars at terminals. Sometimes sev-eral minutes were lost in getting the wheel on the wire,especially on dark nights. To eliminate this, the. SECTION C-C END VIEW Home-Made Trolley Pan, Yonkers Railroad writer designed and installed an overhead guiding panwhich has now been in successful use for several monthswithout any injury to wheels or harps. As indicated in the accompanying sketches, we tooka piece of galvanized sheet iron, about 22 in. wide and4 ft. long, and bent down each side far enough to makea flange about 2 in. deep. Upon this we found and marked the smallest width of the groove at the out-going end as at AA. Next, points about 18 in. distantfrom this end were located along the edge as indicatedat BB, and then 1-in. angle irons were rounded and cutto the proper length to make a converging curve for thetrolley wheel between points BB and AA. The panwas slightly arched and the rounded angle irons bentto fit the arch, the work being done with great care toavoid buckling. The angle irons were next attached tothe bottom of the pan with roundhead bolts. Upon thisthree pieces of forged str
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