. American engineer and railroad journal . VIEWS OF NEW YORK CENTRAL MOTOR TRUCK. cost of maintenance should be low. The design of the motortruck is similar to that of the trucks furnished to the Paris-urieans Railway of France by the American Locomotive Com-pany several years ago, which have given very satisfactoryresults in service. The motor truck with gears weighs 15,000lbs., and complete with the two 200 motors, one on eachaxle, it weighs 26,760 lbs. The trailer truck weighs 11,400lbs. The estimated light weight of the car complete is 102,-600 lbs. MOTOR TRUCKS. The motor trucks have
. American engineer and railroad journal . VIEWS OF NEW YORK CENTRAL MOTOR TRUCK. cost of maintenance should be low. The design of the motortruck is similar to that of the trucks furnished to the Paris-urieans Railway of France by the American Locomotive Com-pany several years ago, which have given very satisfactoryresults in service. The motor truck with gears weighs 15,000lbs., and complete with the two 200 motors, one on eachaxle, it weighs 26,760 lbs. The trailer truck weighs 11,400lbs. The estimated light weight of the car complete is 102,-600 lbs. MOTOR TRUCKS. The motor trucks have a wheel base of 7 ft. and are equipped high at the centre and % in. thick; the upper flanges are 3%ins. wide and the lower ones 2% ins. Near the ends thetop flange is widened out to form a bracket for the suspensionof the spring and brake hangers. This bracket is so designedthat the end of the spring hanger is slipped into a cavity fromunderneath and is thus covered over, preventing dirt fromgetting on the bearing. A flange near each end
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