Manual, Doug Prosser, "General Electric Data for Car Equipment Maintenance", 1998

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A black plastic folder containing a set of 38 General Electric Data Sheets for MMTB and tramway trust equipment, dated July 8 1924. Contained in folder with flexible clips. Pages have been punched with four holes.

Copy of document made for BTM Feb 1998 by Doug Prosser.

For scan of list - see btm780sheet.pdf

General Electric Data for Car Equipment Maintenance

Contents

For scan see btm780d1 (5 pages)

Title sheet

Data contents summary sheet showing manual prepared for

Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board

Including

Footscray Tramway Trust

Hawthorne Tramways Trust

Melbourne, Brunswick and Coburg Tramway Trust

Prahran and Malvern Tramways Trust.

2 sheets dated July 8, 1924 giving equipment schedules for the various operators, and diagrams. - hard to read the background sheet information. Does not reference the tramcars.

For scan see btm780d2 (54 sheets - items 1 to 27)

1. Methods of Removing the Armature from Box Frame Railway Motors

Dated 9/1924, 7 pages

2. Instructions for order Magnet Frames for Railways and Mine Haulage Motors

2 pages, not dated

3 Winter Covers for Ventilated Railway Motors - 2 pages

4 Better Commutation for Railway Motors - 1 page

5 Commutator Grooving Machines - 1 page

6 Railway Motor Armature Coils - 2 pages

7 Carbon Brushes for Railway motors - including brush pressure adjustment - 2 pages

8 Renewable Carbon-Way Brush holders for Railway Motors - 2 pages

9 Commutator Grooving Machines (2nd version) - 2 pages

10 The Repair of Railway Motor Commutators - 3 pages

11 Dimensions of Electrical Apparatus used with 600-volv Type PC railway control equipment, (Sheet 15380, dated 2/1/1924) - 1 sheet including

· US-13-E Trolley Base,

· MS-118-A main switch,

· MA-13-F Fuse Box,

· MD3 - lightning Arrester,

· BJ-386-B Distributing Box,

· Type BG Railway Resistors.

12 Connections of Type KM-63-BR Railway Controllers and Equipment - Drawing 15257, 1 page, dated 1/3/1921 with dimension details on rear of type K-63-BR railway controller equipment including:

· SG Resister,

· BK-13-A Insulator,

· MR11 - Circuit breaker,

· MD3 - Lightning Arrester box,

· K63-BR Controller,

· US15C Trolley Base.

13 Method of Supporting Railway Resistors using Porcelain Bolt insulators for 600 and 1500 Volt Work. Drawing dated 1/11/1923, No. 15249B - 1 page

14 Dimensions of Electrical Apparatus used with 600-volv Type M railway control equipment, (Sheet 15381, dated 2/1/1924) - 1 sheet including

· US-13-E Trolley Base,

· MS-118-A main switch,

· MA-13-F Fuse Box,

· MD3 - lightning Arrester,

· BJ-386-B Distributing Box,

· Type BG Railway Resistors.

15 Dimensions of Electrical Apparatus used with 600Volt, Type PC Railway Control Equipment. Drawing No. 15382, dated 2/1/1924. Includes:

· C129-A Master Controller,

· DA82C Coupler sockets,

· MS-14-G switch,

· MS-46-H switch.

16 Dimensions of Electrical Apparatus used with 600-volv Type M railway control equipment, (Sheet 15383, dated 2/1/1924) - 1 sheet including

· C-169-A Controller

· DA-69-B Coupler Socket and DC-66-C Coupler Plug

· MS-14-G Switch

· MS-46-H-Switch

17 Method of Making Tap Connections for Car Cables -= SD 15468, 1/11/1924, 1 page

18 The Repair of 600 Volt Railway Motor Armatures, 64408, 9/2/1924, 4 pages

19 Proper Method of Mounting and Dismounting Railway Motor Pinions. - 2 pages

20 Pinion Pullers for Railway Motors - 2 pages, dated 8/1/1924.

21 The Care of Railway Motor Bearings - 4 pages

22 Oil Scraper Rings for Air Compressors - 64590 - May 1924 - 1 page

23 Finger Bases for type K 63 controller 1 page

24 Adjustment of Drum Controller fingers - 29/1/1924, 64600A - 1 page

25 Star Wheels for Type K Controllers - 64603 - 1 page

26 Soldering Aluminium Controller Cylinder Castings - 2 pages

27 Porcelain Bolt Insulators for Railway Service - and drawing on rear showing mounting arrangement of resistor Grids - 2 pages.

For scan see btm780d3 (13 pages)

28 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-201-F and GE 263A railway motors. DS37869

29 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-201-I railway motors. K1629303

30 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-202 motor, DS 10472

31 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-203 A and GE 226 railway motors. DS23869.

32 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-241 motors - K1629077

33 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for CP25A Air compressor

34 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for CP27A Air compressor

35 Connections of Armature and Field Winding for GE-258 and GE 264 railway motors. K1629343.

36A- Dimensions of Type K-63-BR Railway Controller Equipment

36 US-13-E Trolley Base for Railway Service - 3/1/1923, 64823 - 2 pages

37 Copy of M&MTB (Eastern System) Certificate of Competency as Motorman.

38 Photocopies of a series of four photos of 22E trucks under an SEC tramcar.

For scan see btm780d4 (40 pages)

39 Sprague G-E Multiple Unit Control, Type PC, Instruction Book 84772 - Oct. 1922 - 40 Pages.

Images of sheets added 2-11-15

Subjects

Identifier

780

Date made

1998

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Materials

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Measurements

Width: 210 mm, Height: 297 mm

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