. The street railway review . FIG. 8—27-KT. ■ N\ i;i; 1 iltLE (WR. use. and there are undoubtedly better arrangements for accom-plishing this work. One of the features in making repairs on double truck cars Isthe use of the transfer table, which, you can readily see. savesa large amount of work by being able to take the truck out side-ways, in which case we have to jtick tlie body only high enoughto clear the truck, and it certainly saves a great deal of labor,as It is only necessary to raise tlie end of the body from whichyou are going to take the truck, six inches. Our carpenter department i
. The street railway review . FIG. 8—27-KT. ■ N\ i;i; 1 iltLE (WR. use. and there are undoubtedly better arrangements for accom-plishing this work. One of the features in making repairs on double truck cars Isthe use of the transfer table, which, you can readily see. savesa large amount of work by being able to take the truck out side-ways, in which case we have to jtick tlie body only high enoughto clear the truck, and it certainly saves a great deal of labor,as It is only necessary to raise tlie end of the body from whichyou are going to take the truck, six inches. Our carpenter department is Tii by ys ft., liaving five tracksrunning its entire length. Under one of these tracks is a pit4 ft. deep for the examination and repairing of cars. At oneside of the pit Is an entrance to a large store room, where allparts are put away while the car is being repaired. By having. CIO. 12— FOK BODY. thU room, all unnercHsary material 1h kept rilT the carpenter ghopflfmr. (hero Ih no poHMlble chance of aiiytlilng Iwlng damagedby (tirelemi hnndling. and we knoiv where every part Ih when wewant It. ThU depnrtiuent hoH a complete i-(|ulpment of wcKid-workInginachlDery, Including all tool* neceMary for car building and re- J^BK I^SBJ^^^Sig^BBBBo^HI^SMB HK^^ ^^^^^9H^^^^^^^-^^^H HI ^^1 ll 1 --, I ^1; ■pillkLLIII)! B^y ^^H ■II ^HHlHi FIG. a — INSIDE COMPLETED. niacliiucry being entirely independent of the other, so that iu casei>f repairs or break-down, ouc-lialf of the shop can be run inde-pendently of the other half. Special attention is given to cleanliness and keeping the shopneat at all times, this being acomplished by a large Sturtevautexhaust fan piped to the different wood-working machines, whicht)lows all the shavings anu sawdust into a large shaving bin Inthe rear of the building. This department is also piped for air the same as the otherd
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