. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . perating device consists of thebell crank lever (J), attached to vestibuledoor, the connecting rod (K ) and cam(L), which slides on square shaft (M)When square shaft i M I is tilted to place-sliding cam (Li in off position, theopening of the vestibule door simplycauses cam to slide on shaft without anyeffect on extensible portion of trap. Thesquare shaft (Ml is tilted by means ofthe small knob (N) on end of rod (O),which is attached to lever on end ofsquare shaft. When square shaft is thustil
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . perating device consists of thebell crank lever (J), attached to vestibuledoor, the connecting rod (K ) and cam(L), which slides on square shaft (M)When square shaft i M I is tilted to place-sliding cam (Li in off position, theopening of the vestibule door simplycauses cam to slide on shaft without anyeffect on extensible portion of trap. Thesquare shaft (Ml is tilted by means ofthe small knob (N) on end of rod (O),which is attached to lever on end ofsquare shaft. When square shaft is thustilted, Hie sliding cam (Li comes up inback of tapered bracket (El on trap, sothat when door is opened the sliding partof trap is extended. The sliding cam (L)is designed so that whether in on oroff position, the front ringer of same isalways in position to hold in extensiblepart of trap, so that it is absolutely im-possible for trap to be out with doorclosed. The trap is arranged so that it isimpossible to raise <ame when extended,thereby preventing the obstruction of thehand rail at side of VESTIBULE DOOR CLOSED AND TRAPIN AT HIGH PLATFORM. The trap is designed with a uniformextension to take care of the gap at plat-forms built on as sharp a curve as 6°.nn lighter curves, the extension may August, 1915. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 277 overlap the platform an inch or two, the Aisle No Place for Grips. station platform, of course, being kept a We have always considered the person small step below floor of car. Owing to who obstructs the aisles of passenger the varying heights of the car floors above trains with grips and other baggage a the top of rail, due to weak springs, etc., nuisance worthy of being suppressed, it has been found impracticable to main- This miserable practice proved expensive
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