. Electric railway journal . so inter-ested in the possibilities of dairy products that he has pur-chased a combination baggage and refrigerator car in whichto handle the products of his farm over the Lexington &Interurban Railway. The car was built by the American Car Company, , Mo. The body is made up principally of wood andthe underframe of semi-steel construction. The trucks areBrill No. 27 The principal dimensions are asfollows: Length of the body, 50 ft.; length over the vesti- Side Elevation of Pneumatic Track Scraper for Boston Pay-Within Cars not in service. The scra
. Electric railway journal . so inter-ested in the possibilities of dairy products that he has pur-chased a combination baggage and refrigerator car in whichto handle the products of his farm over the Lexington &Interurban Railway. The car was built by the American Car Company, , Mo. The body is made up principally of wood andthe underframe of semi-steel construction. The trucks areBrill No. 27 The principal dimensions are asfollows: Length of the body, 50 ft.; length over the vesti- Side Elevation of Pneumatic Track Scraper for Boston Pay-Within Cars not in service. The scraper can be adjusted for any de-sirable pressure. It operates instantly when the motormanturns on the three-way air valve which is located on theplatform. When the air is released, the spring inside theair cylinder pulls the scraper out of the way. This typeof scraper was especially designed for the new Bostoncars in order to avoid the use of windlass rods. With theexception of the pipe from the air cylinder to the three-. Interior of Refrigerator Car Used on the Lexington & In-terurban Railway bules, 48 ft.; width over the sills and over the posts at thebelt, 8 ft. 6 in.; height from the sill to the trolley base, 9 11/16 in.; height from the top of the rail to the sills,42J4 in.; length of bolster centers, 32 ft. 6 in. The twotrucks carry four Westinghouse No. 112 motors. Among Pneumatic Scraper Applied to the Pay-Within Cars of theBoston Elevated Railway way valve, the complete scraper equipment was furnishedby the Root Spring Scraper Company, Kalamazoo, pneumatic scrapers are furnished in several stylesfor application to either the car body or the truck, as con-ditions require. July i, 191 i.] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 57 LONDON LETTER (From Our Regular Correspondent.) As a result of the decision of the Prussian State Railwaysto electrify at least two of their lines as an experiment,questions on the electrification of railways in Great Britainhave been asked t
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