. The Street railway journal . FIG. 9.—LIFTING TRUCKS BY HOOKS IN MOTOR CASINGS FIG. 12.—WHEELS WITH HUBS FOR RECEIVING GEARS home-made transformer for burning insulation loose from oldarmature coils which it is desired to rewind. It was found ture coil and the other the other half. The secondary of thetransformer gives about 1000 amps, at 6 volts. The current. FIG. 13.—SECTION THROUGH REPAIR SHOPS 8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. i. has to be turned on the coil for about half a minute during theoperation of scraping off the insulation. It is unnecessary toactually burn off the insula
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 9.—LIFTING TRUCKS BY HOOKS IN MOTOR CASINGS FIG. 12.—WHEELS WITH HUBS FOR RECEIVING GEARS home-made transformer for burning insulation loose from oldarmature coils which it is desired to rewind. It was found ture coil and the other the other half. The secondary of thetransformer gives about 1000 amps, at 6 volts. The current. FIG. 13.—SECTION THROUGH REPAIR SHOPS 8 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXVI. No. i. has to be turned on the coil for about half a minute during theoperation of scraping off the insulation. It is unnecessary toactually burn off the insulation, but only to heat the coil enoughto soften and disintegrate it. This little device is a great timesaver. In rewinding armature coils mica is not used, as the rewired for train control. Along with the rewiring, the oldmotor cars were made proof against electrical fires as far aspossible. All the cars, both motors and trailers, were raised3 ins. Sixty-eight cars were equipped with hot-water cars were fitted with new Van Dorn couplers similar to r t 4 0 »
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