. The Street railway journal . ENGINE AND GENERATOR is a short pit. The repair shop is 43^ ft. x 37 ft. 10 ins. inplan, and is equipped with the following tools: A 28-in. Cin-cinnati drill press, a 34-in. Porter lathe, a 14-in. Reed lathe, a20-in. steptoe shaper, a 36-in. 60-ton wheel press, a Buffaloforge, and a complete complement of small tools, all driven bya 5-hp motor. In one of the repair pits there is a pneumatichoist for raising the motors into position on the trucks, and aBarrett armature lifter for use when it is only necessary to 20O STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 6. remo
. The Street railway journal . ENGINE AND GENERATOR is a short pit. The repair shop is 43^ ft. x 37 ft. 10 ins. inplan, and is equipped with the following tools: A 28-in. Cin-cinnati drill press, a 34-in. Porter lathe, a 14-in. Reed lathe, a20-in. steptoe shaper, a 36-in. 60-ton wheel press, a Buffaloforge, and a complete complement of small tools, all driven bya 5-hp motor. In one of the repair pits there is a pneumatichoist for raising the motors into position on the trucks, and aBarrett armature lifter for use when it is only necessary to 20O STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 6. remove that part of the motor. At one point of thelarge pit it is so arranged that the wheels may belowered without lifting the car body. The buildingis amply lighted by day from its closely-spacedwindows, and will be provided with both gas andelectric light. Subsequently, it is very probablethat the heating will be obtained through the useof natural gas, which is extremely abundant in thisregion. A well has already been sunk whic
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