. Electric railway journal . CLEVELAND RAILWAYS FLUSHER CAR—SIDE VIEW OF CAR July 8, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 65. CLEVELAND RAILWAYS FLUSHER CAR—DETAILS OK HNDERKRAME but contributes nothing toward fixed charges or fortrack maintenance and renewals. Converting Sprinklers into Flushers It was a comparatively simple task to equip the oldsprinkler tank cars so that they would serve as De Laval centrifugal pump, direct connected to a 15-hp. Westinghouse motor mounted on the same base asthe pump, was placed on the front platform of the suction line of the pump was connected
. Electric railway journal . CLEVELAND RAILWAYS FLUSHER CAR—SIDE VIEW OF CAR July 8, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 65. CLEVELAND RAILWAYS FLUSHER CAR—DETAILS OK HNDERKRAME but contributes nothing toward fixed charges or fortrack maintenance and renewals. Converting Sprinklers into Flushers It was a comparatively simple task to equip the oldsprinkler tank cars so that they would serve as De Laval centrifugal pump, direct connected to a 15-hp. Westinghouse motor mounted on the same base asthe pump, was placed on the front platform of the suction line of the pump was connected to the tankas close to the bottom as possible. The discharge linewas furnished with a Y fitting, and a line from eachbranch of the Y connected to a nozzle over each trackrail and about 11 in. above them. A quick-opening levergate valve was placed in each branch of the dischargeline and arranged to be opened and closed from the carplatform by means of foot-pedal operating levers. Eachvalve is operated independently so that either or bothsides of the street may be flushed. The motor operatesat 550 volts or the tr
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