. Electric railway journal . iever is marked TV. By swinging the handle aroundagainst , the shaft H is. forced down through the turningof crown F on the cams. — AUTOMOBILE TOWER WAGON IN MINNEAPOLIS A recent addition to the equipment of the overhead depart-ment of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, of Minneapolis,Minn., is an automobile tower wagon. The accompanying en-graving from a photograph shows this wagon with the tower inthe running position. The body, engine and running gear werebuilt by the Robinson-Loomis Motor Truck Company, ofMinneapolis, while the tower and its operating m
. Electric railway journal . iever is marked TV. By swinging the handle aroundagainst , the shaft H is. forced down through the turningof crown F on the cams. — AUTOMOBILE TOWER WAGON IN MINNEAPOLIS A recent addition to the equipment of the overhead depart-ment of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company, of Minneapolis,Minn., is an automobile tower wagon. The accompanying en-graving from a photograph shows this wagon with the tower inthe running position. The body, engine and running gear werebuilt by the Robinson-Loomis Motor Truck Company, ofMinneapolis, while the tower and its operating mechanism weredesigned and built by the railway company. The height of thetower when lowered into the running position is 12 ft. 4 ground, which gives ample clearance for passing underrailroad viaducts. A novel feature in connection with themounting of the tower is the provision for rotating both theelevating platform and the tower on the base which is supportedon the automobile body. The platform may be raised to a. Twin City Automobile Tower Wagrn height of 20 ft. above the ground and both tower and platformrevolved to a position at right angles to the body of the this position cars may be operated on the adjoining track. The motive power equipment of the automobile tower wagonis a two-cylinder, two-cycle, 30-hp gasoline engine which isgeared to a maximum speed of 20 The wheels are 32 diameter and have solid tires 3^2 in. in diameter in front and4 in. in diameter in the rear. The total weight of the wagonand tower without supplies is 4800 lb. This automobile equipment is kept in the same emergencystation with the horse-driven tower wagons and with it anemergency crew may answer night calls promptly. The auto-mobile equipment takes the place of one tower wagon in thedaytime and is ready for service any time at night. It iscapable, therefore, of doing as much work as two teams. Thismotor-operated tower wagon has been in service since June 24and ha
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