. Electric railway journal . 35 type. As re-modeled, each car weighs 27 tons complete. Forty-two cars which are operating in Tonawanda, Ken-more and Lancaster are also being overhauled, painted andequipped with heavy crucible steel transoms. In addition to the very large jobs mentioned above anumber of interesting pieces of special work are also goingon at present. Among these is the remodeling of an olderform of maximum traction truck used on a large numberof cars. These have been provided with center bearings,supported by heavy flat-steel side frames connecting thepedestals. The motor is out
. Electric railway journal . 35 type. As re-modeled, each car weighs 27 tons complete. Forty-two cars which are operating in Tonawanda, Ken-more and Lancaster are also being overhauled, painted andequipped with heavy crucible steel transoms. In addition to the very large jobs mentioned above anumber of interesting pieces of special work are also goingon at present. Among these is the remodeling of an olderform of maximum traction truck used on a large numberof cars. These have been provided with center bearings,supported by heavy flat-steel side frames connecting thepedestals. The motor is outside-hung while the brakerigging is inside-hung. Some of these remodeled truckshave been in operation for a number of months and aregiving great satisfaction. Scrapers of original design arealso being installed on all of the new near-side cars. Thisdevice was developed in order to fit into the limited clear-ance between the wheels and platform knees. INSPECTION AND RECORDS The equipment of the rolling stock is inspected on a. Buffalo Car Maintenance—Engine Lathe Used with Jig forBoring Armature Bearings 1000-mile basis and cars are taken in every 100,000 milesfor a general overhauling. Very complete records of in-spections are kept on cards of special design. These are5 in. x 8 in. in size, and different colors are used for theseveral parts of the equipment. Separate cards are used May 24, 1913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 923 as follows: car-body record, giving a history of the bodywith complete details of the equipment and a history ofthe painting; truck record, giving a history of the truck,a list of the cars in which it was installed and a list ofoverhaulings with the corresponding mileages; armature motors and armatures. A lubrication record for each caris kept on a 4j4-m. x 7^4-in. card having horizontal columnsfor car and armature bearings and vertical columns for thedays of the month, a card being used by each car for eachlth. A small card, 2-)4 in. x 4^ in. and printed
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