. The Street railway journal . 1 r—1! 1 s !I h l 11 I \! _ i r—1 r~l j; „ 1 j. STANDARD OPEN AND CLOSED CITY CARS, DETROIT are emphasized by trimming of white paint around theedges of the carving. The use of a narrow-grooved rail in Detroit as requiredby the city gives rise to considerable difficulty in keepingthe grooves free of snow in the winter and dust in thesummer. The grooved rail scraper employed at first isshown by an accompanying engraving, as is also a later The wheel flanges on both city and interurban cars arelimited in depth and width by the groove rail required onall tr
. The Street railway journal . 1 r—1! 1 s !I h l 11 I \! _ i r—1 r~l j; „ 1 j. STANDARD OPEN AND CLOSED CITY CARS, DETROIT are emphasized by trimming of white paint around theedges of the carving. The use of a narrow-grooved rail in Detroit as requiredby the city gives rise to considerable difficulty in keepingthe grooves free of snow in the winter and dust in thesummer. The grooved rail scraper employed at first isshown by an accompanying engraving, as is also a later The wheel flanges on both city and interurban cars arelimited in depth and width by the groove rail required onall track inside the city limits. The flange adopted forDetroit United Railway cars is | in. deep x i J ins. wide atthe throat, and the tread is 2i ins. wide. Wheels are pressedon between the limits of 25 tons and 40 tons. Kalamazoo trolley wheels are run on the interurban cars. 452 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XX. No. 14. The latest form of trolley wheel we are using on the city carsis one made in our own shops. Drawings of the wheel andharp are shown herewith. No hushing whatever is us
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