. Electric railway journal . nin the accompanying illustration. All work that canbe brought to the sand-blasting plant is handled in thisbuilding, but when it is necessary to sand-blast cars inthe paint shop the outfit is moved to that point. Theoperation of the sand-blasting equipment is in chargeof the upholsterer, as it is only required two or threedays a month. Whenever the stock of sand-blasted orFlorentine glass becomes low, he replenishes it, and asoccasion demands, performs other sand-blasting oper-ations. Overhauling of Trucks Better operation has been obtained at a re
. Electric railway journal . nin the accompanying illustration. All work that canbe brought to the sand-blasting plant is handled in thisbuilding, but when it is necessary to sand-blast cars inthe paint shop the outfit is moved to that point. Theoperation of the sand-blasting equipment is in chargeof the upholsterer, as it is only required two or threedays a month. Whenever the stock of sand-blasted orFlorentine glass becomes low, he replenishes it, and asoccasion demands, performs other sand-blasting oper-ations. Overhauling of Trucks Better operation has been obtained at a reduced main-tenance cost by embodying several improvements inoverhauling a number of Brill-27 M. C. B. trucks usedby the Northern Ohio Traction & Light Company,Akron, Ohio. One of these changes included cuttingout the radius bar and substituting a bar between theupright brake levers or at a point much closer to thebolster. The-brake pull-rod was extended to connect tothis new bar with a clevis and l^-in. pin bearing. This. NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION TRUCK IMPROVEMENTS—VIEW OFTRUCK SHOWING MOTOR LEADS, DAMPENER ANDCHANGED BRAKE RIGGING type of connection was substituted for the old-stylewheel and clevis attachment to the radius bar. Thischange permits more flexibility in rounding curves andobviates the worn pull-rod wheels. Moreover, the brakerigging is now clear of the trucks and does not becomedamaged when a switch is split accidentally. At thesame time, this arrangement reduces the friction inthese working parts of the brake rigging, eliminates therelease springs and thereby obviates their old brake levers were used in making this changewhich also permitted a 300-lb. reduction in the weightof the truck. These features may be observed in theaccompanying illustration. A dampener attached to the truck and bolster ofsingle-end cars was another improvement provided atthis time. This fixes the relative position of the bol-ster and the truck, eliminates wear on the chaf
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