. Electric railway review . e been manufactured solely by the Allis-Chalmers Com-pany, Milwaukee, are built in a specially equipped shop, com-prising some 69,120 square feet of floor space at the WestAllis vcorks. The illustration reproduced herewith shows aportion of the test floor in the air brake department, theassembling and machining of parts being done on the samefloor, which is 576 feet in length. Another floor of equallength is provided for the coil winding and armature assem-bling department. Of the Christensen type of air brakes, now manufacturedsolely by the Allis-Chalmers Company,
. Electric railway review . e been manufactured solely by the Allis-Chalmers Com-pany, Milwaukee, are built in a specially equipped shop, com-prising some 69,120 square feet of floor space at the WestAllis vcorks. The illustration reproduced herewith shows aportion of the test floor in the air brake department, theassembling and machining of parts being done on the samefloor, which is 576 feet in length. Another floor of equallength is provided for the coil winding and armature assem-bling department. Of the Christensen type of air brakes, now manufacturedsolely by the Allis-Chalmers Company, there are over 17,000in daily service. The orders for these equipments recentlytaken indicate no decline in the favor extended to this ap-paratus. The Consolidated Railway Company of New Haven,Conn., whose properties are in operation in some 30 cities andtowns of southern New England, not long ago placed whatwas said to be the largest contract for air brakes ever comprised over 280 complete equipments. As a matter of. Allis-Chalmers Company—View of Portion of Air Brake Testing Floor. down to within a few inches of the rails. Attached lo thelower side of the buffer is a lever bar, which leads to a pro-jecting arm fastened to a tripping shaft. This shaft is heldin position by a coil s|u-ing which retrieves the arm, afterit has been tripped, and holds the buffer in normal i) chain is attached to the short end of the shaft and to alever which leads back under the sills of the car to thehangers which hold the scoop in position. This lever issupported near its center on a pin. The rear end of thelever, when in noimal position, with an arm con-nected by a rock shaft, to the fender scoop and holds thelower end of the scoop up from the running rail. Wheneverthe lever is tripped it is raised above the arm attached to railway history, the first Christensen air brake equipmentplaced in service in New England was installed in 1S9S. on acar of the Hartford Street R
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