. The street railway review . BKYAX CAR DISMANTLER. wheels and motors. On the floor of this are track rails placed atright angles with the car tracks above. A section of the track overthe pits sutticiently longer than the over all dimension of the wheels,is removable, being made in the form of a truck with small wheelson each side as shown. The truck is provided with sliding plates,curved so as to fit the flanges of the wheels, and operated by screw. BRYAN CAR DISMANTLER. handles, and which form, when screwed up against the wheelflanges a cradle that centres them. On the I-beams tying the side
. The street railway review . BKYAX CAR DISMANTLER. wheels and motors. On the floor of this are track rails placed atright angles with the car tracks above. A section of the track overthe pits sutticiently longer than the over all dimension of the wheels,is removable, being made in the form of a truck with small wheelson each side as shown. The truck is provided with sliding plates,curved so as to fit the flanges of the wheels, and operated by screw. BRYAN CAR DISMANTLER. handles, and which form, when screwed up against the wheelflanges a cradle that centres them. On the I-beams tying the side rails together are provided pivotedsupports for the motors. The pivoted supports have screw handles,so that when thrown in position they raise the motor to facilitatethe removal of the suspension. The ends of the rails of thesetracks or trucks are leveled so as lo slide easily into position when being raised, and also to steady the truck when being used asa running track. This section of track or truck is mechanicallyraised or lowered by four massive screws, so placed as to supportthe four corners of the truck, and these are operated simultaneouslyby shafting carried on the frame of the machine under the pitfloor, and arranged to operate the screws by means of bevel corner posts of the frame are threaded to suit the screwsand form bearing for the bevel gears operating the screws. Thepower is supplied by a railway motor, in the late
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