. Electric railway journal . oved to give thebest results. Judging from our experience, the writer believesthat other electric railways which use much varnishremover will find the application of the following for-mula to prove exceptionally efficient and economical:1 gal. acetone, 1 gal. benzol and % lb. paraffin. Thesematerials can be compounded at a cost of from 70 centsto 75 cents per gallon, as against $ to $2 for mostof the varnish removers on the market. DERRICK LINE CAR WITH MOTORED TOWER, PUSH-BUTTON SIGNALS AND BREAKER LIFT CUT-OUT An unusually effective line car, embodying both a
. Electric railway journal . oved to give thebest results. Judging from our experience, the writer believesthat other electric railways which use much varnishremover will find the application of the following for-mula to prove exceptionally efficient and economical:1 gal. acetone, 1 gal. benzol and % lb. paraffin. Thesematerials can be compounded at a cost of from 70 centsto 75 cents per gallon, as against $ to $2 for mostof the varnish removers on the market. DERRICK LINE CAR WITH MOTORED TOWER, PUSH-BUTTON SIGNALS AND BREAKER LIFT CUT-OUT An unusually effective line car, embodying both aderrick and a motor-operated tower, has been con-structed by the Toledo (Ohio) Railways & Light Com-pany after careful investigation of the good featuresembodied in the types used on other electric railways. The Toledo line construction car includes a woodenunderframe and floor, 30 ft. long x 8 ft. wide over all,17 ft. of which is occupied by a cab and the remaining13 ft. by a derrick and trolley wire reel jack. Doors at. Wigwag Signal to Give Visible and Audible Warnings atPerilous Street Intersections Toledo Derrick Tower Car—View Showing Platform Raisedand Addition of Derrick bell. When a car approaches a point within 1000 ft. ofa protected crossing, the signal, which is painted Lookout! Stop! begins to move backward and forward, thelight burns and the bell rings. We got the idea of thissignal from the Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles,Cal., and we think it is one of the best devices nowavailable for the satisfactory protection of dangerouscrossings. each end of this cab and on one side of the car floor per-mit poles to be transported by leaving both doors allows poles longer than the car body to be han-dled, and as many as seven have been carried at onetime. As noted, the cab is 17 ft. long x 8 ft. wide, with anover-all interior height of 7 ft. 7 in. One side of thebody is furnished with a telephone, a first-aid cabinet 678 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [VOL. XLI
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