. The Street railway journal . eenvery complicated had regular pull-offsbeen used at each curve into the S shows the arrangement whichwas adopted, the curves in the fore-ground having been completed, thespan wires only being shown in thebackground. The plan as shown isto run span wires through both waysat right angles to each other and hangthe trolley wire curves from these. Very little repairing will be done inthis car house, but in one corner ofsome of the bays will be two sets ofhydraulic jacks for lifting car bodies,so that the trucks can be run out fromunder. The cylinders of t
. The Street railway journal . eenvery complicated had regular pull-offsbeen used at each curve into the S shows the arrangement whichwas adopted, the curves in the fore-ground having been completed, thespan wires only being shown in thebackground. The plan as shown isto run span wires through both waysat right angles to each other and hangthe trolley wire curves from these. Very little repairing will be done inthis car house, but in one corner ofsome of the bays will be two sets ofhydraulic jacks for lifting car bodies,so that the trucks can be run out fromunder. The cylinders of these jacksare in the pit and the pistons (whichare shaped on top to receive the crosstimbers placed under the car bodywhen it is to be lifted) rise out of the concrete floor between the tracks. The jacks are worked by oilpressure supplied by a pump driven by an electric motor. Taken altogether, this car house probably represents as thor- The Everett-Moore Situation In a conversation with a correspondent of this paper, Chairman.
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