. The Street railway journal . use straight air-brake apparatus, with 12-in. brake cylinders. Onthe motor cars are mounted Westinghouse type D-3 motor-driven compressors. Air whistles are provided at the en-gineers valve. The motor and controller cars were fitted upby the companys own shop force, under thesupervision of the late George W. Spink,master mechanic. One motor car was equippedwith the control and brake equipment in threedays, which is considered record-breaking timefor that class of work. In order to give service on the lines to Pied-mont and the center of Oakland, ten new carshave
. The Street railway journal . use straight air-brake apparatus, with 12-in. brake cylinders. Onthe motor cars are mounted Westinghouse type D-3 motor-driven compressors. Air whistles are provided at the en-gineers valve. The motor and controller cars were fitted upby the companys own shop force, under thesupervision of the late George W. Spink,master mechanic. One motor car was equippedwith the control and brake equipment in threedays, which is considered record-breaking timefor that class of work. In order to give service on the lines to Pied-mont and the center of Oakland, ten new carshave been ordered from the St. Louis CarCompany. In most respects they will beidentical with the cars now in use. The oneimportant exception is in the platform vestibules and platforms of the new carswill be 6 ft. 6 ins. long, and will have a railing in the center of the steps, whichwill have 54-in. x 8-in. treads. This will give the cars a lengthover vestibules of 57 ft. 11 yA ins., and a total length over.
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