. The street railway review . day and reil lights by night arc knf>wn as dangersignals and when displayed on the track such a point must not liepassed until the cause of danger has been ascertained and thesignal removed. A book of instructions, covering all the points mentioned, is fur-nished each of the employes of the company. Washburn Automatic Couplers. A coupler designed to meet M. C. I^. standards is shown in tin-accompanying illnstratifin. For the past 10 years this coupler hasbeen in use in steam railroad service, and therefore has received athorough test. In adapting it for electri
. The street railway review . day and reil lights by night arc knf>wn as dangersignals and when displayed on the track such a point must not liepassed until the cause of danger has been ascertained and thesignal removed. A book of instructions, covering all the points mentioned, is fur-nished each of the employes of the company. Washburn Automatic Couplers. A coupler designed to meet M. C. I^. standards is shown in tin-accompanying illnstratifin. For the past 10 years this coupler hasbeen in use in steam railroad service, and therefore has received athorough test. In adapting it for electric railway service, all ofthe high grade steam railroad features have been retained as nmchas possible, changing the details wherever necessary to suit theneeds of electric railway service, and, it is slated, adding some fea-tures which make it an iiuprovement on the M. C. Fi. type. A de-scription of the more prominent features of this coupler, which ismanufacture! I y Edwin C. Washburn, Minneapolis, Minn., may WASHIiURN AUTOMATIC COIPLER. There arc only four parts to the complete device. These partshave large wearing surfaces, and the design is such that the largestanmunt of wear falls upon those parts that are cheapest to coupler has a knuckle opener and a positive lock set so thatone movement of the operating lever or chain unlocks the coupler,throws open a knuckle and sets the lock ready for recoupling. Thedesign is such that it is entirely unnecessary for a person operatingthe coupler to touch it with the hands. When it is desired to un-lock the coupler, as in the case of two cars standing together, it isonly necessary to raise the lock until it catches on the tail knuckleand then release it, when it will fall into the lock set position. Thisis accomplished by but one movement of the operating lever orchain. The lugs on the knuckles and the walls at the top and bot-tom of the coupler come into close contact when the coupling ismade, and thus ins
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