. The street railway review . e ofcast iron to traffic. The faces of the contact rails are i^ in. apart, and thecurrent is taken from them in an interesting way. Thetrolley plow or hanger extending through the slot betweenthe well below the facesof the contact rails car-ries on each side a shoe,which slides along thevertical face of the con-tact rail. These shoesare hinged to the hanger,the hinge being levelwith the bottom of therails and the shoes arecarried at an angle sothat in a cross sectionthe shoes have the ap-pearance of butterflywings touching the rail-with their tips. Each car has oi
. The street railway review . e ofcast iron to traffic. The faces of the contact rails are i^ in. apart, and thecurrent is taken from them in an interesting way. Thetrolley plow or hanger extending through the slot betweenthe well below the facesof the contact rails car-ries on each side a shoe,which slides along thevertical face of the con-tact rail. These shoesare hinged to the hanger,the hinge being levelwith the bottom of therails and the shoes arecarried at an angle sothat in a cross sectionthe shoes have the ap-pearance of butterflywings touching the rail-with their tips. Each car has oiutrolley apparatus, thoughin Berlin the cars aresupplied with two. Theconstruction of the trol-ley trench under the wheels is economical and at switches has the advantage of nothaving to cross one of the rails as is necessary with the centertrench plan. When a car reaches the suburbs the change to theoverhead trolley is made without delay, as the trolley hanger isdrawn out of the slot, the wings coming together to allow this,.
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