. Electric railway journal . No. 1—Worn-out gear and lo-comotive tire. No. 2—Locomotive tire inlathe for turning. No. 3—Half rim made fromlocomotive tire ready to shrinkon center casting. eration. There are still some 20miles of track to be constructed andadditional rolling stock is badlyneeded, but this must wait until con-ditions become more nearly to our shortage of material whilemaintaining the equipment in serv-ice, we have had to resort to allsorts of schemes and ideas to help us through the emerg-ency. Scrap heaps which have lain for years and hadbeen considered entirely usel
. Electric railway journal . No. 1—Worn-out gear and lo-comotive tire. No. 2—Locomotive tire inlathe for turning. No. 3—Half rim made fromlocomotive tire ready to shrinkon center casting. eration. There are still some 20miles of track to be constructed andadditional rolling stock is badlyneeded, but this must wait until con-ditions become more nearly to our shortage of material whilemaintaining the equipment in serv-ice, we have had to resort to allsorts of schemes and ideas to help us through the emerg-ency. Scrap heaps which have lain for years and hadbeen considered entirely useless have been returned tolife and usefulness in a way that would never have beenconsidered a few years ago. The manufacture of home-made gears from worn-out material was one of thethings to which we resorted in order to keep our carsin service. Accompanying illustrations show the va-rious stages of manufacture and the construction thatwas necessary in this work. We were fortunate in having a number of scrapped.
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