. Electric railway journal . ems as gear, wheel and armature changes,which require the use of general repair-shop facilities,must be so taken care of as not to cause the carto be shopped before the scheduled mileage is cov-ered. Also, when a car leaves the shop at the closeof this inspection it is in condition to continue in serv-ice without attention until the next 1000-mile lubrica-tion period. In order to fix responsibility for slightingany part of this repair work, the initialed cards areretained for record. General Overhauling Procedure In addition to the repairs at intermediate inspectio
. Electric railway journal . ems as gear, wheel and armature changes,which require the use of general repair-shop facilities,must be so taken care of as not to cause the carto be shopped before the scheduled mileage is cov-ered. Also, when a car leaves the shop at the closeof this inspection it is in condition to continue in serv-ice without attention until the next 1000-mile lubrica-tion period. In order to fix responsibility for slightingany part of this repair work, the initialed cards areretained for record. General Overhauling Procedure In addition to the repairs at intermediate inspections,all cars are given a general overhauling at the end of a45,000-mile period. At this time the cars are carefullyinspected in a manner similar to that outlined for theintermediate inspection, with the addition of repaint-ing and varnishing and a thorough overhauling oftrucks and electrical equipment. The average time re-quired for this overhauling is from ten to twelve days,whereas only two or three days are required at the.
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