. American engineer and railroad journal . ged in two passenger compartments and the other two havea baggage compartment in addition, with smaller seating com-partments. The construction is of composite steel and wood underfram-ing with truss rods and a wooden superstructure. They are fittedwith large vestibules and-the end doors of the car are of the slid-ing type. The vestibule side doors are also of the sliding typeand a double acting swing door is arranged in each vestibule soas to form a motormans compartment, or if in the center or rearof the train, to be folded back to enclose the contr
. American engineer and railroad journal . ged in two passenger compartments and the other two havea baggage compartment in addition, with smaller seating com-partments. The construction is of composite steel and wood underfram-ing with truss rods and a wooden superstructure. They are fittedwith large vestibules and-the end doors of the car are of the slid-ing type. The vestibule side doors are also of the sliding typeand a double acting swing door is arranged in each vestibule soas to form a motormans compartment, or if in the center or rearof the train, to be folded back to enclose the control apparatusand brake gear. Each car is fitted with a 50 candle power headlight at each endon top of the hood, and each also has a gong, air whistle, andstandard train air signal apparatus. The cars have standardM. C. B. couplings, air hose connections, etc., so as to couplewith any of the standard steam rolling equipment. The trucks are of the standard M. C. B. swing bolster type December, 1907. \MKRICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD fOURNAL 477. SINGLE PHASE ELECTRIC TRAIN ON THE ERIE RAILROAD. with inside hung brake beams. The wheel base is 6 ft. 8 in. andthe axles are 6J4 in. in diameter. The electrical equipment of the cars consists of four West-inghouse single phase railway motors with a normal rating ofioo each driving the axles through gears, the gear ratio be-ing The suspension is of the nose type and solid gearsare pressed upon the axles. The control system is of the West-inghouse electro-pneumatic type and includes three distinct cir-cuits : the high potential, low potential and the control circuit. The high potential circuit includes only the pantagraph trolley,a line switch and the high potential coils in the low potential circuit includes the switch group, the pre-ventative coils, the reverser and the motors. The control circuitincludes the master controller, one in each vestibule, the train Panla£raih Trolley Sequence ofSwhchci MWft&tf#& 1
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