. The street railway review . DUIONT TWICK niMI/l IIV ST. l,lll)[S TKAN-IT in. and the grinder will be brought up in contact with llnm. the motordriving the emery wheels being adjustable within ;i Iru niches, soas to thoroughly true up the wheels. In this way the wheels canbe ground absolutely true, as they revolve on their own bearings,the s;une as when in service. iniporiani feature of these shops, and one- which tendsgreatly to economy in materials, is the Iravclcr yiu STRllirr RAILWAY RKVIEW. I XIII. No. ti. system, part of which is
. The street railway review . DUIONT TWICK niMI/l IIV ST. l,lll)[S TKAN-IT in. and the grinder will be brought up in contact with llnm. the motordriving the emery wheels being adjustable within ;i Iru niches, soas to thoroughly true up the wheels. In this way the wheels canbe ground absolutely true, as they revolve on their own bearings,the s;une as when in service. iniporiani feature of these shops, and one- which tendsgreatly to economy in materials, is the Iravclcr yiu STRllirr RAILWAY RKVIEW. I XIII. No. ti. system, part of which is shown in one of the illustrations. Thissystem consists of lo-in. I-bcanis which arc suspended from theroof of the building and upon the lower flange of which the trav-elers nni. The installation of this overhead system is very com-. ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE BUILT BY ST. LOUIS CO. plele, the tracks serving almost every portion of the shop main track of the overhead system runs the full length of theoverhauling and erecting bay. and from this main track branchtracks lead to either side of the building, branches being locatedover each car track and over all of the heavy ma-chines. The switches at each branch are controlledby means of chains which hang down just withinthe reach of the workmen. On the main track arti-cles arc generally raised on the travelers by means ofblocks and falls, but on all of the branch lines airhoists are connected to the travelers and heavy partsare picked up by these air hoists and carried aroundfrom place to place in the shop by one or two menwithout the expenditure of practically any The practical utility and labor saving of lliisdevice is apparent when one man is seen to pick upa complete car motor or a pair of w-hccls and axleand carry them from one part
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