. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF MOT! )R MANS COMPARTMENT, SHOWING CON-TROLLING APPARATUS APPARATUS FOR SETTING THIRD RAIL IN POSITION n6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 4. the track rail and 660 mm (26 ins.) from the gage line. Expan-sion joints are located every 100 m (305 ft.), where about 15cm (6 ins.) have been left between the ends of the rails. As. PROFILE OF LINE the third rail is held in the insulators by gravity only it isanchored to prevent it creeping by means of two steel wires6 mm (34 in.) in diameter. These anchor wires are connectedwith the third rail and also
. The Street railway journal . INTERIOR OF MOT! )R MANS COMPARTMENT, SHOWING CON-TROLLING APPARATUS APPARATUS FOR SETTING THIRD RAIL IN POSITION n6 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 4. the track rail and 660 mm (26 ins.) from the gage line. Expan-sion joints are located every 100 m (305 ft.), where about 15cm (6 ins.) have been left between the ends of the rails. As. PROFILE OF LINE the third rail is held in the insulators by gravity only it isanchored to prevent it creeping by means of two steel wires6 mm (34 in.) in diameter. These anchor wires are connectedwith the third rail and also to cross ties,and insulation from earth is secured by twostrain insulators. The third rail is carried onone side or the other of the track, dependingon local conditions. The motor cars are furnished with fourshoes, two at each end, and the distance be-tween the two shoes on each side is m(47/; ft-)- The usual composition of a train is onedouble-truck motor car, one six-wheel trail carand three four-wheel trail cars. The speed of a train of 70 tons on a 3 percent grade is 23 km (14/ miles) an hour, andon a level is 35 km (22 miles) an hour. Thedimensions of the motor cars are as follows: Length over all, m (56 ft. 9 ins.).Length of body, m (53 ft. 3 ins.).Total width, 111 (11 ft. 3 ins.).Truck base, m (37 ft. 9 ins.).Wbeel base, 111 (8
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