. Electric railway review . the govern-ment is prepared to spend $,000. The system to beadopted is now under discussion. 104 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 4. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY SHOP CAR. We present herewith an illustration of a locomotiveor shop car used by the Los Angeles Railway Company at itsshops in Los Angeles, Cal., which is equipped to provide forhandling unassembled parts between the various shops, andhas been found to be especially valuable. It will be notedthat this car is provided with a jib crane with a chain block tached the leads used in testing the electrical a
. Electric railway review . the govern-ment is prepared to spend $,000. The system to beadopted is now under discussion. 104 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIII, No. 4. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY SHOP CAR. We present herewith an illustration of a locomotiveor shop car used by the Los Angeles Railway Company at itsshops in Los Angeles, Cal., which is equipped to provide forhandling unassembled parts between the various shops, andhas been found to be especially valuable. It will be notedthat this car is provided with a jib crane with a chain block tached the leads used in testing the electrical apparatus. In testing a given piece of electrical apparatus the slidesare adjusted on the busbar and on the resistance wire until,when the connection is made at H, the flow of the currentfrom the battery through a perfect specimen of the apparatusto be tested and through the resistance wire and the field isequal, and the needle at A remains in its normal position. Ifthe circuit being tested at E is open, the current will be. Los Angeles Railway Shops—Shop Utility Car with Jib Crane for Handling Heavy Pieces. mounted on its boom. Thus armatures or similar parts canquickly be lifted from the floor of the shop to the platform ofthe transfer car. This car also Is found to be useful as a yardlocomotive in shifting other equipments. ELECTRICAL TESTING DEVICE. A novel device for testing the insulation and for locatingopen circuits in motors is in use at the Racine avenue carbams of the Chicago Union Traction Company. The component parts of the testing apparatus, a sketchof which is herewith reproduced, consist of a small battery.
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