. The Street railway journal . the travel on interurban cars is that ofpleasure seekers. Protective Device for Grade Crossings. The illustration below shows a device manufactured and sold bythe Paige Iron Works, to avoid accidents at the crossings of steamrailways by electric roads. This particular derailing device was put in recently at Alton,111., where some protection of the kind was deemed essential. A de-railing switch is placed at either side of the crossing and ap])roxi-niately fiftj- feet distant from the same. The normal conditiun ofthe switch is to derail the electric car and in orde
. The Street railway journal . the travel on interurban cars is that ofpleasure seekers. Protective Device for Grade Crossings. The illustration below shows a device manufactured and sold bythe Paige Iron Works, to avoid accidents at the crossings of steamrailways by electric roads. This particular derailing device was put in recently at Alton,111., where some protection of the kind was deemed essential. A de-railing switch is placed at either side of the crossing and ap])roxi-niately fiftj- feet distant from the same. The normal conditiun ofthe switch is to derail the electric car and in order that the car maysafely pass the switch the conductor of the electric car is obliged tocros- over the railroad track and by raising the lever open his object of placing this throwing lever at the crossing is obvious,as the conductor in crossing the track to the lever has a full view ofthe steam track each way. In this particular case, advantage wastaken of the curves in both electric and steam tracks as will be seen. PROTECTIVE DEVICE FOR GRADE CROSSINGS. center to hold sufficient oil for about eight days run. The bushingsare of hardened tool steel, while the pin is also of hardened oil in the reservoir keeps both pin and bush well lubricated,making wear almost impossible. The patents of the above trolley base and wheel are owned bythe Simonds Manufacturing Company. by the above illustration. In case of derailment, the electric carwill not approach the steam track, but move parallel with it. Thederailing switch. A, is thrown by lever B, as is also the switch Cthrown b} switch lever D. When a car has passed the crossing andis trailing through the second switch, each wheel flange closes theswitch point which is again opened automaticallv by a spring. 648 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XII. No. 10. New Air Brake System. The Christenseii air brake sy stem, which was put on the mar-ket some time ago has recently been improved by the SeamlessConstruction Company, b
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