. Electric railway journal . 4-in. wooden cross sills ex-cept over thetrucks where32-in. x sillsare used with2-> in. x li-in. xi-m. T-iron lon-gitudinal mem-bers. The over-all length is 47ft. 3 in. and theover-all width 7ft. lOi1 in. Inthe new body de-sign an 11-in. x g-in. reinforcing plate has been added to eachside beam by fastening a 4-in. x 3-in. x l-in. angle tothe base of the 8-in., lli-lb. channel. These platesextend practically the entire length of the car. Sincethe original cars were built Tomlinson couplers havebeen adopted as standard and this has necessitatedsome c
. Electric railway journal . 4-in. wooden cross sills ex-cept over thetrucks where32-in. x sillsare used with2-> in. x li-in. xi-m. T-iron lon-gitudinal mem-bers. The over-all length is 47ft. 3 in. and theover-all width 7ft. lOi1 in. Inthe new body de-sign an 11-in. x g-in. reinforcing plate has been added to eachside beam by fastening a 4-in. x 3-in. x l-in. angle tothe base of the 8-in., lli-lb. channel. These platesextend practically the entire length of the car. Sincethe original cars were built Tomlinson couplers havebeen adopted as standard and this has necessitatedsome change from the original design. In addition tothese changes the wheelbase has been increased from22 ft. to 24 ft. 2 in. The weight of the car is 34,000 lb. Views of one of the old cars and the first of the newones nearing completion are shown. The seats are ofwood construction throughout and the side posts are alsoof wood. Owing to the curvature of the front dasher itis necessary to shorten the first seat on the car for con-. THB FIRST NEW CAR NEARLYCOMPLETED venience of the passengers occupying this seat. Thesteps fold up and it will be noted that the cars are singleend operated so that the left side is permanently closedand without steps. The arches supporting the roof arel-in. iron pipe extending continuous from side to roof is of wood covered with canvas with a foot-board and trolley base support as shown. The twobrackets at the lower edge of the end of the roof shownin the illustration are flag brackets. These cars are equipped with United Railways No. 27maximum traction trucks and two Westinghouse No. 56motors. Ten of the cars have control equipment foroperation either singly or as leaders in two-car trains,while the other ten can be used only as trailers in two-car operation. The leaders are equipped with K-35-W-2control while the trailers have K-ll-A control. All cars are equipped with General Electric Companystraight air brakes with an emergency feature andGol
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