. Electric railway journal . on insulator. One lugis cast in each of the end castings and a strong steel set screwis supplied. These lugs may be used either for feeding energyinto the adjacent trolley wires or for connecting a jumperaround the section insulator. The middle casting is tapped andcan be furnished to accommodate either a 5£-in. or a J^-in. middle casting is also formed to constitute a supportingyoke. All metal wearing parts of the insulator are of bronzeand all other metal parts are of sherardized iron or steel. ±_ a S3 m Framing Details of Denver Towers Nos. 2 and 3 Bott
. Electric railway journal . on insulator. One lugis cast in each of the end castings and a strong steel set screwis supplied. These lugs may be used either for feeding energyinto the adjacent trolley wires or for connecting a jumperaround the section insulator. The middle casting is tapped andcan be furnished to accommodate either a 5£-in. or a J^-in. middle casting is also formed to constitute a supportingyoke. All metal wearing parts of the insulator are of bronzeand all other metal parts are of sherardized iron or steel. ±_ a S3 m Framing Details of Denver Towers Nos. 2 and 3 Bottom View January 28, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 175 MONTREAL DUMP CARS The Montreal Street Railway Company has recently addedto its freight equipment a new type of car for handling stonewhich dumps its load all to one side, as shown in one of theaccompanying illustrations. One car was built by the DominionCar & Foundry Company in March, 1900, and 24 more werebuilt between July and September, 1909. An additional 25. Side View of Dump Car more have since been ordered from the Canadian Car & Foun-dry Company. On the cars last ordered a plow is added tothe rear truck to spread the rock after the car has depositedit beside the track. This plow is detachable and is folded inwhen the car is in the running position. The car can bedumped and rights itself in one minute. The car is built entirely of steel with the exception of thecab. The center sills are composed of 12-in. 25-lb. channels,braced with six 8-in. 8-lb. channel separators at the rockerbearing point, and further tied together with a %-in. rockerplate. The side is composed of 10-in. 15-lb channel reachingfrom end sill to end sill secured with rolled connection end sills are also 10-in. 15-lb. channel faced with an oak divided into five separate compartments, each 5 ft. wide x7 ft. 11 in. long. The car body rests on cast steel rockers, one at each end andat each partition. The cast steel rockers have lugs tha
Size: 2039px × 1225px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidelectricrailway371911newy
