. Electric railway review . nches in size and has one track entering it fromthe transfer table. The etiuipment in this shop comprises,besides the forges, two 1,100-pound steam hammers, a double])unch and shear, eye-bolt machine for making all such boltsas arc used in and by the line department,two small bulldozers for making light bends and a steamboiler to supply power to the steam hammer. The railway company manufactures all its switch tonguesand all the car trucks that are not purchased with new bodies. 8 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, Xo. 1. During the past six months t
. Electric railway review . nches in size and has one track entering it fromthe transfer table. The etiuipment in this shop comprises,besides the forges, two 1,100-pound steam hammers, a double])unch and shear, eye-bolt machine for making all such boltsas arc used in and by the line department,two small bulldozers for making light bends and a steamboiler to supply power to the steam hammer. The railway company manufactures all its switch tonguesand all the car trucks that are not purchased with new bodies. 8 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, Xo. 1. During the past six months these shops have built 75 trucksof the type which is illustrated. In one corner of the blacksmith shop is the bearing de-partment. It is the policy of this road to wear down the axle double-headed axle lathes, double-headed bolt machine, two 31)by 30 inch open-side planers, two small planers for specialwork, four drill presses, milling machine, 26-inch and 18-inchdouble-headed shapers, five lathes of various sizes. Universal. Los Angeles Railway Shops—Varnish-Crying Closet. bearings to their smallest safe limit and then; fill them withbabbitt, anchoring this babbitt to the old bearing by means ofholes drilled through it. Machine machine shop, an interior view of which is presented,is 88 feet by 118 feet 7 inches in floor area and has two tracks The toolmaker is provided with a Hendy lathe. Los Angeles Railway Shops—Sand Blast for Frosting Window Glass. drill, pipe cutters, belt-driven rail saw. wheel-boring mill andwheel grinder, together with emery wheels, grindstones, corner of the shop is partitioned off into a room for atoolmaker, in which all tools of a portable nature are kept.
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