Identifier: streetrailwayrev09amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ry andhave many heavy snow drifts with which to contend. Fig. 17 is Three motors are used, two for propulsion of the car and onefor driving the brooms. Those employed for driving the ploware usually of the heaviest description, while a 30 h. p. motor issufficient for the brooms. This motor is set diagonally in the cabso that a straight lead is obtained for the sprocket chains. In thematter of chains a great improvement has been made. The BrillCompany has introduced solid forgings to take the place of themalleable iron chains which have been heretofore employed. Thebrooms are raised and lowered by powerful levers within thecab, and are hung on radial guides so that the chains are alwaystaut and do not slip on the sprocket wheels. They are alwaysunder perfect control and are readily adjusted for wear. Theyare easily taken down and taken apart for the replacement ofthe rattan when worn out. Sweepers are arranged to run ineither direction and are fitted with two headlights or one shifting
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FIG. 16.—MILWAUKEE. RACINE & KENOSHA CAR AFTER A BLIZZARD. from a photograph of a well-equipped sweeper in service on thelines of the Cincinnati. Newport & Covington Railway Company.The Brill snow sweepers are unusually effective on account ofseveral improvements of design and details. These improve-ments have been made in order to overcome the defects whichhave heretofore made tie operation of snow sweepers both trou-blesome and uncertain. The standard form has a length of 21 ft.with a width of 6 ft. 10 ins. The height is varied to suit condi-tions when necessiiry. headlight for this purpose. Two roof gongs are fitted on thesweeper, and a 6 ft, wheel base is generally adopted. There aretwo sliding doors in the cab, one on each side. There are twosand boxes, and it is a common plan to fit four sand spouts, onefor each wheel, thus giving ample adhesion when it is needed.Both sand boxes are worked from either end of the ear. Sweep-ers are intended for use over paved streets, b

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