. Electric railway journal . t of thisgear reduction, a comparatively small braking effect pro-duces a very great tension on the band wire, and anychange in tension can be instantly secured by regulating ahand nut directly in front of the operator. The Peerless portable band-wire tension machine weighs40 lb. complete, making it easy to handle and to adjust ina lathe. The gears, brake bearings, etc., are of amplestrength, with large bearing surfaces, and are totally in-closed within a casing which protects them and eliminatespossibility of injury to the operator. All bearings arereadily lubrica
. Electric railway journal . t of thisgear reduction, a comparatively small braking effect pro-duces a very great tension on the band wire, and anychange in tension can be instantly secured by regulating ahand nut directly in front of the operator. The Peerless portable band-wire tension machine weighs40 lb. complete, making it easy to handle and to adjust ina lathe. The gears, brake bearings, etc., are of amplestrength, with large bearing surfaces, and are totally in-closed within a casing which protects them and eliminatespossibility of injury to the operator. All bearings arereadily lubricated from the outside by oil holes through theshaft. 1064 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 20. SOME INSTALLATIONS OF TWIN-1YPE STEEL TIES In an article published in the Electric Railway Jour-nal for Oct. 25, 1913, entitled Cast-Weld Joints and SteelTies in Brooklyn, an illustrated description was presentedof box-girder or twin steel ties furnished by the Interna-tional Steel Tie Company, Cleveland, Ohio. The installa-. Dayton Installation, Where Ties Were Concreted at theYard and Tamped to Line tion of this tie, however, has not been confined to Brook-lyn. It has been put into use on some twenty-five otherproperties representing all classes of traffic. The follow-ing paragraphs will describe the diverse practices followedto meet different conditions on a few of these railways:The Altoona & Logan Valley Electric Railway has beenusing this tie for three to four years and was one of thefirst companies to apply it on curves. An example of the
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