. Electric railway journal . STORAGE PICKET FOR PIT TOOLS extreme simplicity of the scheme, it has saved muchtrouble formerly experienced from car maintainersleaving crowbars and wrenches in the pits or on the in-termediate flooring. It withstands rough usage and en-able*s the wrenches to be disposed of at night and usedfor work in the morning with minimum loss of timeand without the necessity of disturbing the storekeeperfor a purely routine tool supply. The importance of having a reserve supply of electricpower was illustrated recently when the Ipswich (Eng-land) Corporation Tramways were sh
. Electric railway journal . STORAGE PICKET FOR PIT TOOLS extreme simplicity of the scheme, it has saved muchtrouble formerly experienced from car maintainersleaving crowbars and wrenches in the pits or on the in-termediate flooring. It withstands rough usage and en-able*s the wrenches to be disposed of at night and usedfor work in the morning with minimum loss of timeand without the necessity of disturbing the storekeeperfor a purely routine tool supply. The importance of having a reserve supply of electricpower was illustrated recently when the Ipswich (Eng-land) Corporation Tramways were shut down for sometime owing to the seizing of a steam turbine bearing. November 30, 1918 Electric Railway Journal 973. REMODELED CAR IN SERVICE Making a Suburban Out of a City Car THE Puget Sound Electric Railway Company is re-building nine 56,000-lb. city cars—made available bythe introduction of 13,000-lb. safety cars—for short-line ( miles) interurban service to Renton. Therebuilt cars by the addition of H. control, Westing-house radial couplers, sash for all instead of half thecar, etc., weigh 62,000 lb. each The principal dimen-sions are: Length over corner posts 38 ft. 9J in. Length over bumpers 50 ft. 4 in. Width over sheathing 9 ft. li in. Width inside 8 ft. 3| in. Truck centers 29 ft. Truck wheelbase 4 ft. 81 in. Height over trolley board 12 ft. 8J in. There are two passenger compartments, one witheighteen reversible and four stationary seats, all double;and the second with two reversible and four stationaryseats of similar dimensions. Originally part were slatseats and part had rattan coverings. The slat seats and V A cm. rv- BREAHER-V ■ REMOTE-•CONTROLLEDS .CHANGE-OVERSWIT
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