. The Street railway journal . y, unskilled man can easily take care of and 1022 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 41. properly maintain fifty or more of these brakes, and that, too, whenthey are running on different divisions, so that a considerableamount of time is lost in going from one car house to another. Thirdly, the power consumed in the application of the brake istaken from the momentum of the car itself, and thus assists in thestopping, and does not in any way call upon the electric generatingmachinery to do the work. It, therefore, avoids all the charges for The operation of th
. The Street railway journal . y, unskilled man can easily take care of and 1022 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 41. properly maintain fifty or more of these brakes, and that, too, whenthey are running on different divisions, so that a considerableamount of time is lost in going from one car house to another. Thirdly, the power consumed in the application of the brake istaken from the momentum of the car itself, and thus assists in thestopping, and does not in any way call upon the electric generatingmachinery to do the work. It, therefore, avoids all the charges for The operation of the register will be understood by reference tothe accompanying engraving, together with the following. Thenumber of fares and transfers rung up on a trip is shown by thenumerals at the left. These numerals are claimed to be the largestin use on any register, and are 1% ins. high and 1 in. wide. Thecash fares and transfers are, however, separate on the totalizedrecords furnished on the printed slips. The direction of the trip is. FIG. 3.—GENERAL VIEW OF BRAKE ON MAXIMUM TRACTION TRUCK operating expenses that fall upon those systems of brakes that arc-driven by a current taken from the main current, either directlyor indirectly. And, finally, it is extremely rapid in application. It has beenproved, by repeated tests, that the brake can be fully appliedwithin one-quarter of a second from the time that the motormanstarts to move the brake handle. With these advantages in itsfavor the mechanism is proving itself to be thoroughly efficientand reliable for the work that it is intended to do. To adapt it to different styles of cars and service, this brake isconstructed of three different styles—styles A, B and C. Style Ais designed for use on maximum traction trucks, which use onlyone motor per truck. Style B is designed for single-truck cars,where the motors are attached to both axles. Style C is designedfor double trucks, used for heavy, high-speed service. Among theroads which ha
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