. Electric railway journal . e windows have a fixed lower sash and an uppersash which is arranged to drop for ventilation. The upperdeck sash also may be opened for ventilation. The new cars are fitted with Van Dorn couplers andradial attachments, so as to be interchangeable with thestandard equipment of the Hudson & Manhattan special equipment includes Consolidated Car Heat-ing Companys electrically controlled, pneumatic door-oper-ating devices and train-signal system. The doors are con-trolled by push buttons on the vestibule center posts. Thecenter side door on each side may be o
. Electric railway journal . e windows have a fixed lower sash and an uppersash which is arranged to drop for ventilation. The upperdeck sash also may be opened for ventilation. The new cars are fitted with Van Dorn couplers andradial attachments, so as to be interchangeable with thestandard equipment of the Hudson & Manhattan special equipment includes Consolidated Car Heat-ing Companys electrically controlled, pneumatic door-oper-ating devices and train-signal system. The doors are con-trolled by push buttons on the vestibule center posts. Thecenter side door on each side may be opened or closed fromeither end of the car, and a push button is also providedon the outside of the car on one of the door posts, by meansof which a platform man can close the door independentlyof the trainmen. Electric heaters are inserted in the seatrisers. The cars are painted Tuscan red, which is the stand-ard passenger car body color of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The trucks used under these cars are a modification of. Newark Extension Cars—End View the type of trucks used under the Long Island Railroad truck will carry one GE-2I2 commutating-pole motorrated at 225 hp at 600 volts. The motor axle wheels are 36in. in diameter, and the trailer axle wheels are 33 in. indiameter. The extra weight of the motor on the motor axleis compensated for by mounting the bolster off center 2 the trailer axle than the motor axle, so as to equalizethe weight on both axles. The truck side-frames are flange I-beams, to which are riveted the cast-steelpedestals. Pieces of steel tubing are used for the end framesof the truck. The transom is made of pressed steel in onepiece and surrounds the bolster. It has a large opening cutin the top, through which the body center plate passes. Thebolster is supported on triple elliptic springs suspended bylink carriers from the transom and corner gusset side bearings are mounted on the ends of the bolsteroutside
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