W. St. John Clarke

“ EPSOM TRAM DEPOT.
are provided with pits to enable the trucks and under-gear to be examined. All running repairs and cleaning are effected in these two car sheds, most of the work of necessity being carried out at night. A few machine tools are installed at each car shed for the carrying out of small repair work. ”

“ At all other junctions, eleven in all, the track points are electrically operated by means of contactors on the trolley wires, and to enable trolley wheels to follow the right course, boom frogs, operated by the car trolley poles, are installed in the overhead wires. ”

“ They are lofty, well ventilated and lighted, both naturally and artificially, and are practically fireproof. The ground not used for buildings has been tastefully laid out in lawns, with flower beds and ornamental shrubs and trees. ”

“ The different parts of the car motors are here repaired and rewound.
Blacksmiths' Shop.
In this is installed a complete plant for dealing with the various classes of forging work required in tramway working. A number of ingenious machines for making use of old material and saving manual labour have been installed and found to be of great service.
Stores.
In close proximity to the repair shops are the stores where over 5,000 different material items used in the upkeep and running of the tramways are stocked. Oil is kept in a small building isolated from all the others. ”

“ Of these 24 are of the four-wheeled type, coupled in pairs, each with a seating capacity for 56 passengers; 108 cars, with seating for 52 passengers, are of the vestibule composite type, equipped with bogie trucks, and the majority with two 50 h.p. motors. The remaining 37 are of various types, including six double-decked cars. All the cars are fitted with glass fronts, to afford protection from the weather, and with three types of brakes—an air and a hand brake to operate on the wheels, and a slipper brake to operate on the rails. ”