. Electric railway journal . & Eastern Traction Company is done at the West Wash-ington shops of the former company. Many interesting andthorough practices are followed here under the guidance of Clark, master mechanic. The detail system of record cardsand monthly summaries of repair work are worthy of specialattention because they are designed to give the management ofthe road very accurate and comprehensive statements of thecondition of the various types of equipment. The buildings inwhich the repair work is done are not new, with the exceptionof the paint shop described elsewhere in th
. Electric railway journal . & Eastern Traction Company is done at the West Wash-ington shops of the former company. Many interesting andthorough practices are followed here under the guidance of Clark, master mechanic. The detail system of record cardsand monthly summaries of repair work are worthy of specialattention because they are designed to give the management ofthe road very accurate and comprehensive statements of thecondition of the various types of equipment. The buildings inwhich the repair work is done are not new, with the exceptionof the paint shop described elsewhere in this issue. The re-construction of part of the shop group is contemplated. Thepresent article describes the wheel practice, an air-brake test-ing department and motor testing, and presents a number ofthe blank forms used, together with a description of some ofthe more interesting shop kinks. WHEEL PRACTICE The Indianapolis companies were among the first electricroads to use steel wheels and steel-tired wheels, but now the. ft vj Rnd. IleRad. A ; Xe Had.\i Had. \ J Wi 2H- <T-ii-* entered the axle number and the tire number. The tire on thegear side is denoted by the letter G. The face of the tag alsobears the name of the inspector and the date on which thewheels are removed from service. The reverse side of the tag asillustrated shows a list of the eight common reasons for with-drawing wheels and axles from service and provides a spaceopposite for checking. The reverse side of the tag also hasspaces for showing the car number, wheel number, name of in-spector and date for each wheel removed and put on. After the steel car-wheel record cards have served theirpurpose in the shop and the desired information has been en-tered thereon at the time the wheels are returned to service, thecards are turned into the master mechanics office. Here a card-index system presents the history of each wheel. One of thesecards, which are 6 in. x 4 in. in size, is reproduced in part. Itw
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