. Electric railway journal . new cars just being placed in operationin Wichita represent the latest type of Bosenburycar, although these are somewhat larger and heavierthan the designer would build as a standard for thesystem. They are approximately 30 ft. long, weigh and is double locked, mechanically and pneumatical-ly, as on the 10,000-lb. car. Separate entrance andexit doors of the two-leaf folding type with wireglass panes in the lower halves are used. All doorsare operated from the motormans position bySafety Car Devices Company door engines andmechanism. The steps at the opening operate
. Electric railway journal . new cars just being placed in operationin Wichita represent the latest type of Bosenburycar, although these are somewhat larger and heavierthan the designer would build as a standard for thesystem. They are approximately 30 ft. long, weigh and is double locked, mechanically and pneumatical-ly, as on the 10,000-lb. car. Separate entrance andexit doors of the two-leaf folding type with wireglass panes in the lower halves are used. All doorsare operated from the motormans position bySafety Car Devices Company door engines andmechanism. The steps at the opening operate inconjunction with the doors and are raised and low-ered through a train of bevel gears. The steps arespring counter-balanced. The underframe is a very simple steel construc-tion made up with pressed-steel angle side sills ex-tending the full length of the sides of the car incombination with No. 16 rerolled, resquared, patentleveled sheet-steel side sheathing which is bentaround the corner posts. The cross-sills are also of. Illinois Traction—Pressed-Steel Anti-Climber Bumper Feature of_ Front End, and Rear Emergency Door Openand Seat Tipped Back to Form Step, Latest Type of I. T. S. Car 16,000 lb. and seat forty-one passengers, giving aweight of 390 lb. per seated passenger. The hot-airheater used reduces the seating capacity to thirty-nine during part of the year. The main items mak-ing up the total weight are as follows: Car body 9,050 lb. Truck 4,200 lb. Electrical equipment 2,000 lb. Air brake equipment 750 lb. Total 16,000 1b. These cars are equipped with two GE-258-Amotors and K-10 control, and the Safety Car DevicesCompany air-operated step, door and automaticemergency control, with the Westinghouse DR-10compressor. The bodies of these cars are constructed of steelexcept for the roof structure and are built withoutbulkhead or platform. The seats are Hale & Kilburncross-seats of the springless type, except for onelongitudinal seat next to the front door. The rearemerg
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