. Electric railway journal . c 1 Ssnd Cush 2ESEB 7\I Abort Tie V Rolled Sub-p-ade lAboreTie _p l:3:G GravelConcrete SECTION AT TIE SECTION BETWEEN TIES CONCRETE BAFFLE WALLS FOR PROTECTION OF SUB-GRADE INHEAVY SOIL A Large Job of Motor Remodeling An Eastern Railway System Has Been Able toReduce Maintenance Costs on Old Motors toa Reasonable Value BY R. H. PARSONS Electrical Foreman When the present management of the Third AvenueSystem of New York took charge about ten years agothe road was equipped with some 600 Westinghouse motors. These motors had previously been a sourceof continual t
. Electric railway journal . c 1 Ssnd Cush 2ESEB 7\I Abort Tie V Rolled Sub-p-ade lAboreTie _p l:3:G GravelConcrete SECTION AT TIE SECTION BETWEEN TIES CONCRETE BAFFLE WALLS FOR PROTECTION OF SUB-GRADE INHEAVY SOIL A Large Job of Motor Remodeling An Eastern Railway System Has Been Able toReduce Maintenance Costs on Old Motors toa Reasonable Value BY R. H. PARSONS Electrical Foreman When the present management of the Third AvenueSystem of New York took charge about ten years agothe road was equipped with some 600 Westinghouse motors. These motors had previously been a sourceof continual trouble, especially on account of hot bear-ings. Flashovers and grounded armatures, fields andbrushholders were also common. At this time themotors were overhauled and the car wiring grease had been used as a lubricant previouslyoil lubrication was tried. Men were stationed at theends of the line to oil on each trip, and the motors werealso oiled nightly. The motors then gave fairly satisfactory service until. \Note Old Style1 Openings at Topand Style Larger and open on Side. With New Type of Bearing,With Old Type of Bearing, Waste Packed, Showing New Felt Feeder Etc. Method of Lubrication. DIAGRAM SHOWING OLD BEARING BEFORE AND AFTERREBUILDING which would conduct the surface water away fromtracks, but instead of installing a subsoil drainagesystem it was decided to construct small concretebaffle walls at the outer edges of the concrete basenecessary for the granite track pavement. They wereconstructed as a part of the paving base and thesmall trenches required to form the walls were madein the soil shortly before the installation of the con-crete so as to avoid the necessity for using the usualforms. A glance at the accompanying cross-section willshow that the adjacent roadway surface must becomethoroughly saturated with water to a depth of over21 in. before the moisture can pass to the subsoildirectly under the tracks. It is believed that it ispract
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