. Electric railway journal . ompany and more satisfactory for these small oxyacetylene torch is also used almost entirely forcutting. A partial list of some of the work being done in re-claiming various parts includes building up axles andarmature shafts, repair of truck frames when brokenor badly worn, filling in dowel holes in brass and malle-able axle-bearing shells when badly worn, building upand welding brushholders when burnt or excessivelyworn, filling in armature-housing bolt-holes where thethreads have stripped, repairing journal boxes andaxle-bearing caps, welding and straig
. Electric railway journal . ompany and more satisfactory for these small oxyacetylene torch is also used almost entirely forcutting. A partial list of some of the work being done in re-claiming various parts includes building up axles andarmature shafts, repair of truck frames when brokenor badly worn, filling in dowel holes in brass and malle-able axle-bearing shells when badly worn, building upand welding brushholders when burnt or excessivelyworn, filling in armature-housing bolt-holes where thethreads have stripped, repairing journal boxes andaxle-bearing caps, welding and straightening resistancegrids when broken or warped, building up axle-bearing collars on brass shells, welding and repairing gear casesand adding metal for rethreading bolts, nuts, centerbearings, motor cases, etc. It is frequently desirable to build up or repair partswhich cannot be easily transported to the welding order to take care of this work, leads have been pro-vided from the welding machine with plug-in sockets in. Interior of New Reclamation Shop in Washington the truck shop, carpenter shop, etc. By this arrange-ment welding of large parts can be conveniently takencare of on the job, and the removal and transportingof the large parts to the welding room is avoided. At present consideration is being given to the pur-chase of an automatic welding machine complete with asingle-arc motor-generator. This outfit when attachedto a lathe will automatically build up axles with wornbearing seats, as well as worn armature shafts, andwill, in the opinion of the officials of this road, do muchbetter and cheaper work than can be done by handoperation. A Universal Tie Plate THE Georgia Railway & Power Company, Atlanta,Ga., uses steel tie plates in all of its three kinds of tie plates were used to suitthe various kinds of rail on the system. The usual difficulties inci-dent to a varietyof tie plates,both in thestoreroom andon the job, ledthe company todesire a
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