. The Street railway journal . LRAIL joint for girder rails of the joint are extended so that they serve as rail braces, andthe lower flanges of the joint act as tie plates. A special joint is made for track that is laid with chairs, the jointbeing deep enough to do away with a chair at that point. New Clutch for Use with Vapor Motors Sinpethe invention of vapor engines many attempts have beenmajde to apply them to self-propelled vehicles for street railway^traction. In systems employing a gasoline or other vapor engine,mounted on the truck or car body and operating continuously ata uniform sp
. The Street railway journal . LRAIL joint for girder rails of the joint are extended so that they serve as rail braces, andthe lower flanges of the joint act as tie plates. A special joint is made for track that is laid with chairs, the jointbeing deep enough to do away with a chair at that point. New Clutch for Use with Vapor Motors Sinpethe invention of vapor engines many attempts have beenmajde to apply them to self-propelled vehicles for street railway^traction. In systems employing a gasoline or other vapor engine,mounted on the truck or car body and operating continuously ata uniform speed, the main obstacle has, of course, been the diffi-culty of securing a flexible connection between the engine and theaxle for bringing the car to speed Erom a state of rest, and alsofor graduating the rate of speed. In 1896 a mechanism was in-vented by E. Prouty, of Chicago. 111., that, it is claimed, success-fully supplies this demand for a flexible connection. By the use of a single lever the car is started from rest with
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