. Electric railway review . serted in the brick wall so that if necessary entrance curvescan be put in at this end. A general ground plan shows the relative location of the Jauuary 26. 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 107 shop and storage buildings. With the completion of the newbuildings the tracks nearby will be relaid so as to providedouble-end entrances to the shops. This work presents au in-teresting arrangemect of curves and special track work. Thetracks now occupying Spring street, just south of the to be taken up and thrown back of the south property lineof the street and a thir
. Electric railway review . serted in the brick wall so that if necessary entrance curvescan be put in at this end. A general ground plan shows the relative location of the Jauuary 26. 1907. ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW 107 shop and storage buildings. With the completion of the newbuildings the tracks nearby will be relaid so as to providedouble-end entrances to the shops. This work presents au in-teresting arrangemect of curves and special track work. Thetracks now occupying Spring street, just south of the to be taken up and thrown back of the south property lineof the street and a third track is to be laid from which will valves aud unions so that they can readily be disconnected andrepaired in case of leakage. The car-body and armature hoists are shown in detail inthe accompanying illustrations. The main cylinder of eachtype of hoist Is 10 inches in diameter. Inside the cylinders ofthe car hoists are plungers 4 feet long, made of 6-inch pipefilled with hard wood to a point IS inches from the top. At the. Sccr/c/y THROUGH C£A rzR Shop Practice at Memphis—Section Through Lower Front of Car Showing Automatic Fender and Trip in Normal and Lowered Positions. lead all switches to the shops and barns. This layout is in-tended to facilitate the switching of cars without interferingwith traffic on the street. In developing the double entranceto the main building it was necessary to tear out the southwall and leave open this entire end of the Methods—Air shops and pits throughout the old buildings are pro-vided with air hoists. The air supply is furnished by a Na-tional Electric compressor of 200 cubic feet of air per minutecapacity. It is connected direct to a 5 by 18-foot reservoir in of each plunger is a leather gasket locked with airon washer. A square head, bolted to a 5-inch pipe whichMis in the 6-inch pipe and rests on the block filling, serves asa cap to the plunger. This cap may be removed when the Imisiis not in use. Air Is adm
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