. The Street railway journal . FIG. 21— ELECTRO-PLATING DEPARTMENT a 36-in. and a 60-in. planer, both with 18-ft. platens. Fig. 11 isa view of the west wing, in which most of the machine tools arclocated, and Fig. 12 illustrates the hydraulic wheel press and42-in. wheel boring machine. These last two views show the 436 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 12. method of handling car axles and wheels by means of pneu-matic lifts. When the machines in this shop were first installedthe individual motor system of driving was used almost ex-clusively, but it has been found advisable to eliminate
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 21— ELECTRO-PLATING DEPARTMENT a 36-in. and a 60-in. planer, both with 18-ft. platens. Fig. 11 isa view of the west wing, in which most of the machine tools arclocated, and Fig. 12 illustrates the hydraulic wheel press and42-in. wheel boring machine. These last two views show the 436 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 12. method of handling car axles and wheels by means of pneu-matic lifts. When the machines in this shop were first installedthe individual motor system of driving was used almost ex-clusively, but it has been found advisable to eliminate many of. are kept on hand, and are worked into forgings for axles bythe day force. Three slabs are required for the smallest sizedaxle and six for the largest axle, which weighs about 800 Sixteen axles is regarded as a days work, and about30 tons are turned out every month. A double-door reverbera-tory oil furnace, constructed in the shops, is used for all forg-ings, both light and heavy. Forgings as large as 21 ins. in 40 ft. FIG. 22.—PORTION OF STOREROOM IN SHOPS the smaller motors and make groups of several machines on asingle motor. These changes, to a combined motor-drive sys-tem have only recently been made, but they have been war-ranted by the economical results of operation since the altera-tions. BLACKSMITH SHOPThe blacksmith shop is equipped to turn out all the neces-sary forgings used on the trucks, car bodies, and specialtrack work, and also make car axles, a provision found inbut few street railway shops, and not in many of thelarge steam railroad shops. These axle
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