. The street railway review . red trucks of this type recently ordered by the Brook-lyn Heights Railroad Co. have the following dimensions and weight:Wheel base. 4 ft. 6 m.: diameter of wheels, .?o or 33 in. drivers,17 or ij in. pilot; axles, 3^ or 4 in. for drivers, 3V4 or y/> in. forpilot wheels; weight without motors. lb.; carrying capacity,25,000 lb. per truck. ITic principal features of construction to which especial attenliunis directed are: The truck frame extends around the four sides of the truck. Theangle bar and sections are machine fitted to the ends of the side The brake
. The street railway review . red trucks of this type recently ordered by the Brook-lyn Heights Railroad Co. have the following dimensions and weight:Wheel base. 4 ft. 6 m.: diameter of wheels, .?o or 33 in. drivers,17 or ij in. pilot; axles, 3^ or 4 in. for drivers, 3V4 or y/> in. forpilot wheels; weight without motors. lb.; carrying capacity,25,000 lb. per truck. ITic principal features of construction to which especial attenliunis directed are: The truck frame extends around the four sides of the truck. Theangle bar and sections are machine fitted to the ends of the side The brake mechanism is so arranged that the brake .shoes areapplied to the imier side of the wheel and that all four brake .shoesare applied simultaneously, the pressure upon the large and smallwheels being so graduated that each wheel receives pressure pro-portional to the weight carried. .Ml four brake shoes can be ad-justed at ll:e same lime by turning one holt only. .\11 wearing parts are machine fitte^l, brake bolls machine turned. IKCKIIAM 11-1) TRrcK, and bolt holes reamed to an exact size to insure a tight fit ofbolts. The pedestals are machined to size of journal boxes andprovided with wearing strips. The journal box covers are machinefitted to render them dust tight and arranged for either self-lubri-cating wicks or wool waste as preferred. The driving wheels areprovided with Taylor non-chattering brake hangers. The i4-l)-5 truck is pre-ented to llu- riiibllc as tlie oniy maximum
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