. Electric railway review . ure great freedom fromelectrical breakdowns, it does not increase the mechanicallife of the copper wire itself. Therefore the special wireis used only for field coils. The electrical repairs on air compressor motors are madein one corner of the electrical rei)air shop. It is the practiceto overhaul all such motors each six months. The work is incharge of first-class mechanics and records of all details arekept as descrlljed for car motors. General Repair general repair shoj) is ab(jut 27.^ feet long by 95 feetwide and has lU pit tracks in it built on
. Electric railway review . ure great freedom fromelectrical breakdowns, it does not increase the mechanicallife of the copper wire itself. Therefore the special wireis used only for field coils. The electrical repairs on air compressor motors are madein one corner of the electrical rei)air shop. It is the practiceto overhaul all such motors each six months. The work is incharge of first-class mechanics and records of all details arekept as descrlljed for car motors. General Repair general repair shoj) is ab(jut 27.^ feet long by 95 feetwide and has lU pit tracks in it built on centers. Thislatter dimension allows an. abundance of room for stagingbetween tracks and there is also plenty of room at eitherend of a car placed over the pit to work on the trucks. Thepits are 4 feet 6 inches deep. Along the outer wall of thebuilding is a work bench for making small repairs and at oneend a portion of the floor space is set apart for making repairsto air-brake equipment. An accompanying interior view of. Los Angeles Railway Shops—General View, Showing Tools in Machine Shop. Method of Recording Repairs. As a means of recording the repairs that are made toarmatures the superintendent of the electrical repair depart-ment keeps a record book which is ruled with the followingheads, one page of the book being numbered and set apartfor each armature: Date, nature of trouble and cause, outof car No., out of end No., date placed in, placed in car No.,placed in end No., miscellaneous. The information for enter-ing on the pages of this book is obtained as follows: Eacharmature is known by the builders number, which is sta:ni)edupon it and which number corresi)onds with the number ofthe page in the record book on which all entries are car inspectors make out blank reports for repairs neces-sary to each armature, which reports are ruled for informationsimilar to that entered in the record book. These reports arekept on file in the shop oflnce until the repair
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