. The Street railway journal . STANDARD MOTOR CAR AND TRAIL CAR double-acting air pump placed underneath the floor with thecondenser. This pulley is flanged for direct coupling tothe exciter. The boilers, of which there are eight, are also from the two headers, which are of approximately rectangular shape,and which connect on the top into two water legs terminat-ing in the water drums. The two sides of the header areconnected rigidly together by a strong and well-studied sys- STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XX. No. 23. tern of braces. The outer plate of the header is providedwith round holes, on
. The Street railway journal . STANDARD MOTOR CAR AND TRAIL CAR double-acting air pump placed underneath the floor with thecondenser. This pulley is flanged for direct coupling tothe exciter. The boilers, of which there are eight, are also from the two headers, which are of approximately rectangular shape,and which connect on the top into two water legs terminat-ing in the water drums. The two sides of the header areconnected rigidly together by a strong and well-studied sys- STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XX. No. 23. tern of braces. The outer plate of the header is providedwith round holes, one opposite the end of each tube, for in-specting and cleaning the tubes or changing them. Theseholes are closed by means of hand hole plates of pressed. A description of the distribution system was published ina previous issue together with views of the third-railadopted, which is 90-lb. T, mounted on reconstructedgranite insulators. This rail is supported in an iron cap ontop of the insulator, and the joints are bonded by a con-cealed flxible copper bond of sq. ins. (200 mm2) sec-tion. To avoid creeping, the rails are connected by singleplates in groups of ten each, and the middle of each sectionis anchored. Cross-bonds are used every 325 ft. (loom). ■ ihird-rail track. — Proposed line.— . — Transmission line.
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