. The Street railway journal . KA( KS AT IKKSKV L 1 >\\JN<; SWITCH trolled by an operator stationed in a tower back of the ter-minal. The diagram of the tracks and the location of thetower and the various switches is shown in Fig. i. The mechanism for throwing the switch tongue is substan-tially the same as that described on page 1065 of the StreetRailway Journal for Dec. 19, 1903, with the exception thata rebound catch, or lock, has been added. This preventsthe tongue from rebounding from the side of the switch bedwhen the switch is thrown; and, by holding the tongue firmlyto the side o
. The Street railway journal . KA( KS AT IKKSKV L 1 >\\JN<; SWITCH trolled by an operator stationed in a tower back of the ter-minal. The diagram of the tracks and the location of thetower and the various switches is shown in Fig. i. The mechanism for throwing the switch tongue is substan-tially the same as that described on page 1065 of the StreetRailway Journal for Dec. 19, 1903, with the exception thata rebound catch, or lock, has been added. This preventsthe tongue from rebounding from the side of the switch bedwhen the switch is thrown; and, by holding the tongue firmlyto the side of the switch bed, does not allow it to be jarredto a dangerous position by the wheels of a car passing over it,or by the wheels of a wagon running in the car track. Fig. 4 gives a general view of the controlling mechanism inthe tower. The number of levers on the operating boardcorresponds with the number of track switches to be the depression of one of these levers a double break, sin-gle-pole switch is closed in o
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