Identifier: streetrailwayjo241904newy (find matches)
Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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motormans brake valve,two air gages, train pipe and the five-car equipments, whichconsist of auxiliary reservoirs, brake cylinders, triple valves,conductors valves, with the necessary angle cocks, bleed cocks,cut-out cocks and hose and couplings. The action of the air-brake equipment is made plain by quar-tered working models of the Westinghouse triple-valve, so ar-ranged as to indicate in the open model the actual cycle ofevents in a brake application, as well as various framed andcolored diagrams. Numerous air gages are provided to show the resulting brake cylinder and reservoir pressures for varioustrain line productions in braking. The electrical equipment consists of a complete type Mcontrol system, comprising a master controller and the neces-sary apparatus accompanying the controller equipment, andalso the necessary contactors, reverser, rheostats, circuitbreaker, main switch and main fuse for one car. The action ofthe reverser and of the contactors is clearly shown by the com-
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EXTERIOR OF INSTRUCTION CAR plete mounting of controller apparatus upon the ceiling of thecar, so that they may be approached in the same manner as ifthe student were beneath the car; the equipment is mountedinside of the car in the same relative positions which theyoccupy beneath the car, and are equipped with their regularoutside cases. In addition, this car has an open switchboard at one end,which indicates the standard arrangement of an electricalswitching apparatus with which each motor car for the Subwayis to be provided. At this board all lighting, heat and powercircuits for the car are operated. Two knife switches controlthe lighting circuits, while two additional switches operate theheat circuits in various combinations. The main motor-currentswitch is also located upon this board, as well as also variousfuses for that and the other circuits. As some of the repairs have to be made on the road, thestudent, before being passed, is obliged to make certain re-pairs to live appara

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