. Electric railway journal . D TO RAIL BASE. FIG. 2—COMPROMISE JOINT BETWEEN BULL RAIL AND LIGHTT-RAIL. FIG. 3—SHOO-FLY TRACK SECTIONS MADE UP AT STORAGE YARD. FIG. 4—HALF OF SECTION OFBULL RAIL CROSSOVER. FIG. 5—CURVE CONNECTION WITH GUARD BOLTED TO RAIL rail itself was considered, but owing to the uncer-tainty of the firmness of the weld between the cross-pieces and the rails, it was thought best not to riskbreaking them and spreading the rails, thereby causinga derailment. The final plan of taking care of thissituation was simply to allow the track to assume itsown path and draw it back to
. Electric railway journal . D TO RAIL BASE. FIG. 2—COMPROMISE JOINT BETWEEN BULL RAIL AND LIGHTT-RAIL. FIG. 3—SHOO-FLY TRACK SECTIONS MADE UP AT STORAGE YARD. FIG. 4—HALF OF SECTION OFBULL RAIL CROSSOVER. FIG. 5—CURVE CONNECTION WITH GUARD BOLTED TO RAIL rail itself was considered, but owing to the uncer-tainty of the firmness of the weld between the cross-pieces and the rails, it was thought best not to riskbreaking them and spreading the rails, thereby causinga derailment. The final plan of taking care of thissituation was simply to allow the track to assume itsown path and draw it back to the original position every overcome by means of heavier construction. Consider-ing the construction as a whole it proved very satis-factory and by assembling the various sections at theyard as previously described a temporary route wasmade available for operating the cars in a very shorttime. This method also did away with the necessityfor making changes during the night. 772 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 16. FIG. 1—HOME-MADE MOTOR-OPERATED 3-TON CRANEEQUIPMENT Crane Car Built in Denver ShopsBy W. H. McAloney Formerly Superintendent of Rolling Stock, Denver (Col.) Railway THE Denver Tramway has recently turned out inits shop a new steel-body crane car for the use ofthe engineering department in handling heavy mate-rials. The car operates very successfully, and is provingto be a big labor saver. It was recently used to advan-tage in handling sections of special work and temporarytrack made up ready for use during replacement of thespecial work layout at one of the downtown construction work was described in an articlewhich appeared in the Electric Railway Journal forFeb. 23, 1918, page 375. The car is 40 ft. long over all, 8 ft. wide, and weighscomplete 53,000 lb., the frame being made up of 15-in.,33-lb. steel channels. It is equipped with two Brill27-E trucks and four GE-58, 37]/2-hp. motors oper-ated with a K-6 controller and auxiliary contac
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