. Electric railway journal . for axle repair, or re-newal of gears or wheels, the proper spare axle andwheels can be taken from the stock and put on the carwithout any time being lost in measuring the properset for replacement. Guard for Use in Replacing BrokenWater Gage Glasses To protect the operator from escaping steam whenchanging a broken gage glass the Simplex Safety BoilerGage Glass Company, Springfield, Mass., has placed onthe market the guard shown in the accompanying illus-tration. It consists of a sheet-metal semi-cylindrical shuttermounted so that it can be rotated by pulling a cor
. Electric railway journal . for axle repair, or re-newal of gears or wheels, the proper spare axle andwheels can be taken from the stock and put on the carwithout any time being lost in measuring the properset for replacement. Guard for Use in Replacing BrokenWater Gage Glasses To protect the operator from escaping steam whenchanging a broken gage glass the Simplex Safety BoilerGage Glass Company, Springfield, Mass., has placed onthe market the guard shown in the accompanying illus-tration. It consists of a sheet-metal semi-cylindrical shuttermounted so that it can be rotated by pulling a cord ata distant point. In case the gage glass breaks, theoperator pulls the cord, thus moving the shutter throughhalf a turn. This deflects the escaping steam and makesit possible to shut off the gage valves without dangerto the operator. This done another pull of the roperemoves the shutter from the tracks on which it runsand it drops out of the way so that the gage glass canbe changed. The shutter is replaced in the guarding. TWO VIEWS OF GUARD FOR WATER GAGE GLASSES position to protect the operator in case the new glassshould break when the gage valves are opened not in guarding position the shutter acts as areflector. Method for Removing Tight Wheels A ring gas burner has solved the problem of removingextra tight wheels in the shops of the Knoxville Railway& Light Company. By means of this burner, which is8-in. in diameter and has a double row of holes, it ispossible to heat wheels sufficiently in about five minutesto make them easily removable. Before this method wasused a wheel press of 80-ton capacity at times failed toremove a wheel that had been put in place at a pressureof 45 tons. In these cases it was necessary to send thewheels to a railroad shop for removal. F. L. Hinman, master mechanic New York StateRailways, Syracuse Lines, reports that the portable A-shaped shop ladders, described in the issue of the Elec-tric Railway Journal for March 17, 1917, page
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