. The Street railway journal . bin on each sideThese bins are fully 18 ft. long, i ft. 6 ins. wide and, owingto their sloping sides, vary indepth from i ft. 6 ins. at theends to 2 ft. 6 ins. in the middle. From the center of eachbin there is a 4-in. diameter wrought-iron pipe directly overthe rail. This pipe sands the rail on curves just as well as on straight track, as it is rigidly attached to the truck. Aninteresting feature of the sanding is the type of sand valve,whereby the size of the apertures through which sand canflow is regulated in the same fashion as a camera levers to
. The Street railway journal . bin on each sideThese bins are fully 18 ft. long, i ft. 6 ins. wide and, owingto their sloping sides, vary indepth from i ft. 6 ins. at theends to 2 ft. 6 ins. in the middle. From the center of eachbin there is a 4-in. diameter wrought-iron pipe directly overthe rail. This pipe sands the rail on curves just as well as on straight track, as it is rigidly attached to the truck. Aninteresting feature of the sanding is the type of sand valve,whereby the size of the apertures through which sand canflow is regulated in the same fashion as a camera levers to operate these valves are placed directly op- v) ta^ d t V r -r r \\ rvT^ > -- ~t ^ r - -f T ~- u. -.• -^ ---\^ \f- --1,- ■^ir+S 1 \ ■ L J. Secfton i^rouy^t Centre PLAN AND SECTION OF SAND DRYER
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