. Electric railway review . of the truck. The equalizer beam is 1 by 6 inches in sec-tion. The center-plates and side-bearings are cast brake gear is inside-hung. On each motor truck thereare two Westinghouse direct-current motors, each of 160-horsepower. The Westinghouse electro-pneumatic system ofmultiple-unit control and the Westinghouse automatic air-brake with graduated release are used. The weight .of the. Metropolitan Motor Cars—End View. car complete with equipment is 66,000 pounds, and the weightof the car body about 30,000 pounds. Construction of Car construction o
. Electric railway review . of the truck. The equalizer beam is 1 by 6 inches in sec-tion. The center-plates and side-bearings are cast brake gear is inside-hung. On each motor truck thereare two Westinghouse direct-current motors, each of 160-horsepower. The Westinghouse electro-pneumatic system ofmultiple-unit control and the Westinghouse automatic air-brake with graduated release are used. The weight .of the. Metropolitan Motor Cars—End View. car complete with equipment is 66,000 pounds, and the weightof the car body about 30,000 pounds. Construction of Car construction of the car above the steel underframe in-cludes the wooden side sills of 4% by 5%-inch long-leaf yel-low pine. The car floor is made of long-leaf yellow pinethoroughly seasoned, 13/16-inch thick, and not over 3% inches Metropolitan Motor Cars—Plan Showing Arrangement of Doors andControl Apparatus at End of Car. floor and to angle-irons in the roof, which connect the out-side posts with the anti-telescoping plate. The usual trussplank is omitted and solid sheeting is used from the floor tothe belt rail. There are five composite carlines of 1% by^-inch iron and ash %-inch thick. The roof is made ofwhitewood or poplar Yz inch thick and covered with No. 6cotton duck. Tbe vestibule and guards niche are shownby cross-section in detail. The right corner at each end of the car contains tiemotormans brake valve, air gau
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