. The Street railway journal . The hood of the car is braced by a pipe from the doorheader to the end of the plank, which runs the entire lengthof the car, on which the trolley bases are fastened, At the end of this plank is secured a rod, which runsto the nose of the plow, where it is attached to a chain,which chain leads around a pulley at the nose and over asecond pulley extended from the car platform to an extrabrake staff rigging. The wheel of this staff is elevatedabove the regular brake staff wheel, so as not to conflictwith it. By winding or unwinding this staff the plow israise
. The Street railway journal . The hood of the car is braced by a pipe from the doorheader to the end of the plank, which runs the entire lengthof the car, on which the trolley bases are fastened, At the end of this plank is secured a rod, which runsto the nose of the plow, where it is attached to a chain,which chain leads around a pulley at the nose and over asecond pulley extended from the car platform to an extrabrake staff rigging. The wheel of this staff is elevatedabove the regular brake staff wheel, so as not to conflictwith it. By winding or unwinding this staff the plow israised or lowered with ease. By this arrangement the. FIG. 1.—PLAN OF PLOW FIG. 2.—SIDE ELEVATION OF PLOW nose rises faster than the back, which I find not a badfault, as, when running, if the nose clears an obstacle theback portion will ride up over it. The wings are of 3-in. x 10-in. oak, 4 ft. long, and are
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