. Electric railway journal . nance work. Thearmature room is empty almost all thetime, as appears from the fact that not more than eight railway armatures have required any attentionsince the opening of the system. During the last six monthsthere have been no electric repairs whatsoever. The repairsta coiroressor armatures have also been very light. The excellent results which it has given may be ascribed to fourcauses: First, the satisfactory design of the motor; second, themotors are not overloaded; third, the trains are operatedthrough comparatively cool sub-aqueous tunnels for alarge porti
. Electric railway journal . nance work. Thearmature room is empty almost all thetime, as appears from the fact that not more than eight railway armatures have required any attentionsince the opening of the system. During the last six monthsthere have been no electric repairs whatsoever. The repairsta coiroressor armatures have also been very light. The excellent results which it has given may be ascribed to fourcauses: First, the satisfactory design of the motor; second, themotors are not overloaded; third, the trains are operatedthrough comparatively cool sub-aqueous tunnels for alarge portion of the route; fourth, a thorough system of inspec-tion. The gears and pinions, which are the General ElectricCompanys manufacture, type F, have shown no perceptiblewear to date. Lubrication is supplied on a Galena mileage contract. The lu-bricating cost for March, 1911, was $ per 1000 car oil which is removed from the journal and motor bearingsis re-used for lubricating levers, rods, etc. No oil-reclaiming. Hudson Shops—Truck Overhauling Section with Wheel Shop in the Back-ground and the Compressor Shop in the Gallery-devices have therefore been required at this installation. MAINTENANCE SHOPS The general layout of the different shops has already beendescribed in Mr. Hazeltons article, but the accompanying illus- June 24, 1911.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1103 trations are added to show various operating features. One ofthese illustrations shows the machine shop with its comprehen-sive telpher system. This shop is practically a gallery overlook-ing the heavy repair shop; the latter is spanned by a crane cial repair department is that devoted to taking care of storagebatteries which are used for emergency car lighting. The bat-teries are tested about every fifty days, or when cars are in forgeneral inspection. These batteries are filled to the proper
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