. The Street railway journal . edon the extension in front of the dash at oneend. The brooms are raised and lowered byconvenient levers, and both brooms are oper-ated by a motor situated in the cab. Thecars are equipped with Brill brake handles,sand-boxes, alarm gongs, etc. The cars aremounted on gear trucks with 33-in. wheels,7-in. wheel base, and are equipped with 35-hpmotors. SWEEPER USED BY METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY snow-sweepers of the type shown in the accompanying illus-tration and detail drawing. This is the fourth lot of sweepersbuilt for the company, making in all thirty-th
. The Street railway journal . edon the extension in front of the dash at oneend. The brooms are raised and lowered byconvenient levers, and both brooms are oper-ated by a motor situated in the cab. Thecars are equipped with Brill brake handles,sand-boxes, alarm gongs, etc. The cars aremounted on gear trucks with 33-in. wheels,7-in. wheel base, and are equipped with 35-hpmotors. SWEEPER USED BY METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY snow-sweepers of the type shown in the accompanying illus-tration and detail drawing. This is the fourth lot of sweepersbuilt for the company, making in all thirty-three sweepers. CONVERTIBLE CARS WITH DETROIT . PLATFORMS ^jC/S & The Springfield Consolidated Railway Com-pany, of Springfield, 111., has received two con-vertible cars which are remarkable as beingthe first convertible cars to be built with De-troit platforms, and one of the few instances of using this typeof platform with cars mounted on single trucks. One of thesecars is shown in the accompanying illustrations—open and. Slrwl ] CONSTRUCTION DETAILS OF METROPOLITAN SWEEPER The plan follows the general practice of the builders, modifiedin certain details to suit the requirements of the railway com-pany. The Brill sweepers are constructed with short brooms,set at an angle of 45 degs. The brush board and wing, asshown in the cut, extend the clearing area infront of tlie right forward wheel, and what-ever snow may be left by these extensions isthoroughly cleared away by the rear revolvingbroom. It is claimed that with short broomsset at a more acute angle than long brooms,the snow is thrown clear of the rails insteadof ahead, and that they conform better to thecurvature of the pavement between the platforms are used because of thecrowded condition of New York streets,making it necessary that the motorman shouldhave an unobstructed view of all that is goingon about him. The cabs are 14 ft. ios ins. over the endsand 2 ft. over platforms. The total length is28
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