. The Street railway journal . essed air, and support-ing timbers will be placed across underneath the car timbers which supported the platform when it was atrest will then be taken out, and the*platform with the truckon it will be lowered part way. The motor leads can thenbe disconnected. The platform will then be lowered to thelevel of the pit floors. In the pit is to be a track of standardgage, and there will be room in the pit on each side of theplatform track for a truck. When the platform with thetruck upon it is lowered to the pit, the truck to be repairedwill be run off one en
. The Street railway journal . essed air, and support-ing timbers will be placed across underneath the car timbers which supported the platform when it was atrest will then be taken out, and the*platform with the truckon it will be lowered part way. The motor leads can thenbe disconnected. The platform will then be lowered to thelevel of the pit floors. In the pit is to be a track of standardgage, and there will be room in the pit on each side of theplatform track for a truck. When the platform with thetruck upon it is lowered to the pit, the truck to be repairedwill be run off one end of the platform, and a new truck 824 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVIIL No. 23. to replace it will be in readiness at the other end of theplatform. As soon as the old truck is run off the new truckwill be run on in its place and the platform hoisted to itshighest level, so that the new truck can he put under thecar. This plan is a modification of that employed by theMetropolitan Elevated shops at Chicago, the principal dif-. FIG. 9.—TOOLS AND TOUL BOX ference being that in the present case the repair-shop tracksare to be on the ground level, with pits underneath, where-as in the elevated shops the repair tracks are on the secondtloor of the building and trucks are lowered to the groundfloor. The plan will be a great time saver, and this timesaving will not only include the wages of the men workingon the car trucks, but it will enable a car to be replaced onthe road in a very short time, since as long as there is atruck in good condition in therepair shop it is only a mat-
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