. The Street railway journal . SECTIONS AND PLANS OF MOVABLE THIRD-RAIL APPARATUS hi-i-l Railway Jon to the box casting and passthrough arms of the bracket. They hold the shoe parallel to thetrack and assist to prevent the shoe from dropjiing too study of this detailed description will readily disclose that The movement of the side motion rods through the springseats working in the bracket ears are tilting movements, up ordown sidewise, and up or down lengthwise. The sidewise tiltingmovements arc to allow the shoes to rest s(|uarely on the rail. 402 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No.

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. The Street railway journal . SECTIONS AND PLANS OF MOVABLE THIRD-RAIL APPARATUS hi-i-l Railway Jon to the box casting and passthrough arms of the bracket. They hold the shoe parallel to thetrack and assist to prevent the shoe from dropjiing too study of this detailed description will readily disclose that The movement of the side motion rods through the springseats working in the bracket ears are tilting movements, up ordown sidewise, and up or down lengthwise. The sidewise tiltingmovements arc to allow the shoes to rest s(|uarely on the rail. 402 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXL No. ii. whether its surface is parallel or not to the plane of the trackrails. The lengthwise tihing movements are to allow the shoesto take the inclines easily, and by this flexibility the shoes are ,-,/\V,I, ri:.!i- , F=fWr5p=i-^ i^b ;C?_i^Il^ J r-7~T —0^!^^; ^ -4 Dolls c-3-1. Eit Railway Jounuil I TRACK GAGE FOR SERVICE AND THIRD RAILS ^7^8- — •hi Iron Ilatc —

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