. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—TRANSFER TABLE AND HOIST FOR CHANGING TRUCKS 858 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [ Vol. XXIII. No. 23. In removing a truck from a car the truck is first located at acentral position on the table. The table, truck and end of thecar are then hoisted about 10 ins. Two 6-in. x 6-in. planks arethen slipped under the end sills of the car to support the car. FIG. 4, -BLACKBOARD FOR RECORDING PROGRESS OF CARSIN SHOP body, and rest on a frame work across the pit track. The trans-fer table is then dropped to its normal position, the brake rodsand cables disconnected and th
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 2.—TRANSFER TABLE AND HOIST FOR CHANGING TRUCKS 858 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [ Vol. XXIII. No. 23. In removing a truck from a car the truck is first located at acentral position on the table. The table, truck and end of thecar are then hoisted about 10 ins. Two 6-in. x 6-in. planks arethen slipped under the end sills of the car to support the car. FIG. 4, -BLACKBOARD FOR RECORDING PROGRESS OF CARSIN SHOP body, and rest on a frame work across the pit track. The trans-fer table is then dropped to its normal position, the brake rodsand cables disconnected and the transfer table, with the trucks,are pushed out. As the transfer table is light and runs easily, Air is used extensively in shop work, and in the view of thetransfer table can be seen one of the air plugs with hose at-tached. The air compressor outfit (Fig. 1) is located in thefront part of the shop, and consists of a 7-hp Christensenmotor-driven compressor, supplying a 100-in. tank suspendedfrom the roof. The compressor motor is controlled by theusual automatic starting switch. It is the intention to build atesting table adjoining the compressor outfit for testing gages,valves and whistles. Wheels are bored on a double-spindle McCabe lathe, 48-in. swing. The illustration (Fig. 3) shows a wheelready to go into the lathe. Boring wheels in a lathe saves alarge inve
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