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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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om-pany, and in order to provide for this business a large addi-tion to the Alberger shops is now in progress. The equip-ment will consist of special tools for this particular class ofwork, together with elaborate testing apparatus. ♦^^ The Indiana, Columbus & Eastern has purchased a hand-some parlor car, with observation vestibules and buffet,built l)y the Cincinnati Car Company, and it will be put intothe limited service on the Columbus, Newark and Zanesvilledivision. April 6, 1907.) STREET RAILWy\Y JOURNAL. 609 THE HOBOKEN TURNTABLE In connection with the large turntable at the Hobokenterminal of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey,described by Martin Schreiber in the Street RailwayJournal for March 23, it may he interesting to add somefurther points furnished by the New York Switch & Cross-ing Company, the builder of this turntable. It was imprac-ticable to build the table crossing in one piece on accountof its great size and the danger of breakage during trans-
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THE oPECIAL WORK FOR THE TURNTAliLE portation. As shown in the accompanying view, it wasnecessary to make the joints through the hard centers, be-cause the latter are so numerous that there was not room tofish-plate without doing this. The hard centers are madeof hammered steel and are held in place with six i-in.vertical bolts through each center, with the heads counter-sunk. Babbitt was then poured into the counter-sunk holesto finish, as shown. As mentioned in Mr. Schreibers article, the table was in-stalled because there was not room enough at the ferry slipto allow loo.pi operation. A compromise was effected byputting in the table and so arranging the tracks that carsneed only be turned through an angle of 120 degs. Con-tinued operation has demonstrated this turntable to be farmore successful than was anticipated under the disadvan-tageous conditions at this terminal. -*-^>- SEMl-CONVERTIBLE CARS FOR CONESTOGA TRACTIONCOMPANY The Conestoga Traction Company,of Lancaster, Pa., w

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