. The Street railway journal . LONGITUDINAL SECTION AND SIDE ELEVATION OF LONDON ROAD CAR HOUSE 25-A Dick-Kerr motors, rated at 25 hp, with controllers of thesame manufacture. Steel-tired wheels are used, 31^4 ins-diameter. The Hudson & Bowring life-guard has been fittedunder both platforms. As the grades in Leicester are comparatively slight, theadoption of special brakes has not been found necessary, andthe usual hand and electromagnetic brakes have been PLAN OF CAR lKHSK IKc ) IKRTY sills. The illustrations and photographs show clearly the gen-eral appearance of the car, also the i
. The Street railway journal . LONGITUDINAL SECTION AND SIDE ELEVATION OF LONDON ROAD CAR HOUSE 25-A Dick-Kerr motors, rated at 25 hp, with controllers of thesame manufacture. Steel-tired wheels are used, 31^4 ins-diameter. The Hudson & Bowring life-guard has been fittedunder both platforms. As the grades in Leicester are comparatively slight, theadoption of special brakes has not been found necessary, andthe usual hand and electromagnetic brakes have been PLAN OF CAR lKHSK IKc ) IKRTY sills. The illustrations and photographs show clearly the gen-eral appearance of the car, also the interior and exterior deco-rations. The floor frames arc of well seasoned oak. The plat-forms are supported on four steel angles which are bolted to theunderside of the main flooring. A system of truss rods is pro- On several of the cars a new patent type of folding step, tobe known as the Leicester Folding Step, has been fitted forpractical trial to meet the suggestions of the Board of Trade,who point out that the efficiency of the life-guard is often im-paired by the steps, which are liable to strike a person falling in 838 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 23. front of the cars before the life-guard can come into step is designed to fold up when the gate is closed, and isso made that it is practically impossible for it to be raisedwhen the gate is open, while owing to the automatic device withwhich it is provided it is equally impossibl
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