. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . s>AV\VC^^&^^.^X Fig. 135. ••RAMAPO SAFETY SWITCH STAND AS IT APPEARS WHENHALF THROWN BY WHEELS PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH. safety switch made by the Ramapo Iron firm have recently added an adjustable crankto their safety switch stand; it assures the switchstand of being able always to fit the throw of the BTANDABDS OF CONSTRUCTION, 263 switch, and to take up any lost motion that mayaccumulate from wear and avoid the necessity
. Building and repairing railways ... : Forming one of the series of the volumes comprised in the Revised and enlarged edition of The science of railways, . s>AV\VC^^&^^.^X Fig. 135. ••RAMAPO SAFETY SWITCH STAND AS IT APPEARS WHENHALF THROWN BY WHEELS PASSING THROUGH THE SWITCH. safety switch made by the Ramapo Iron firm have recently added an adjustable crankto their safety switch stand; it assures the switchstand of being able always to fit the throw of the BTANDABDS OF CONSTRUCTION, 263 switch, and to take up any lost motion that mayaccumulate from wear and avoid the necessity oiadjustable head rods, or of shimming out the rodto keep the gauge. There is an endless varietyof switch stands, and the types only will be givenhere. Fig. 136 represents a switch stand for a. Fig. 136. THREE-THROW SWITCH STAND. three-throw switch which can be used on themain line or in a yard where there is room for ahigh switch stand. In a large yard it is better touse low switch stands, as high ones are liable to 264 BUILDING AND REPAIRING RAILWAYS.
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