Shops for overhaul of rapid-transit cars of London Underground Electric Railways have been completed; feature is extended use of conveyor platforms by which overhaul is done progressively as cars pass through shops; present schedule of these shops calls for overhaul of 1406 cars per year; car body is hauled about on shop trucks known as accommodation trucks by means of electrically driven endless chains, movement being continuous; lifting shops; progressive movement in body shop also. (See also Elec. Ry. Jl vol. 72, no. 3, July 21, 1928 pp. 91-97, 12 figs; Modern Transport, vol. 19, no. 481, June 2, 1928, pp. 8-9, 4 figs.; Elec. Ry. and Tramway Jl., vol. 59, no. 1461, July 13, 1928, pp. 25-30, 7 figs.; Am. Mach., vol. 69, no. 11, Sept. 13, 1928, pp. 415-418, 8 figs.; Elec. Traction, vol. 24, no. 7, July 1928, pp. 347-349, 8 figs.)


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    Title :

    Overhaul by conveyor platform


    Additional title:

    Shop Roadway


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1928


    Size :

    3 pages


    Remarks:

    8 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Overhaul by conveyor platform

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Overhaul by conveyor platform

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Overhaul by conveyor platform

    Blake, H.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1927


    Overhaul by conveyor platform

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Overhaul by conveyor platform

    Blake, H.W. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1927