. Electric railway journal . l be 83,000 lb. The body is mounted on St. Louistype trucks with a 4-ft. 6-in. wheelbase and 20-ft. centers. The electric equipment will include fourWestinghouse 319-B 40-hp motors with K-35 control. Four 950-gal. cylindrical tanks will be installed in thecar body. Two tanks will be used for the transportationof black oil, one for cylinder oil, and the fourth will bedivided into two compartments, one for engine oil and theother for compressor oil. Each tank is mounted on fourlimber supports which rest directly on the tanks are held in posi


. Electric railway journal . l be 83,000 lb. The body is mounted on St. Louistype trucks with a 4-ft. 6-in. wheelbase and 20-ft. centers. The electric equipment will include fourWestinghouse 319-B 40-hp motors with K-35 control. Four 950-gal. cylindrical tanks will be installed in thecar body. Two tanks will be used for the transportationof black oil, one for cylinder oil, and the fourth will bedivided into two compartments, one for engine oil and theother for compressor oil. Each tank is mounted on fourlimber supports which rest directly on the tanks are held in position by straps, the ends of whichare bolted to the supporting timbers. The car body will beequipped with a sufficient number of electric heaters toassure a temperature near 70 deg. These heaters will beinstalled on the sides of the cab slightly above the tanks. The oil will be kept under an air pressure ranging from65 lb. to 85 lb. per square inch by a motor-driven com-pressor installed at one end of the car. This compressor. SECTIONAL ELEVATION


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