. Electric railway journal . ■ 160- • 4 New Radial Truck—Plan and Side Elevation, Showing the Application of a 28-ft. Car Body to One Truck. four GE-80 motors. As the result of this change it wasfound possible to maintain the usual schedule with but twoof the original motors. The elimination of two motors andone truck reduced the total weight of the car from 45,000lb. to 32,050 lb., a saving of 12,950 lb. It is estimatedthat, based on the cost of the original car equipment, thefollowing amounts would have been saved by using thisradial truck: Two motors, $900; four 33-in. rolled forged One of
. Electric railway journal . ■ 160- • 4 New Radial Truck—Plan and Side Elevation, Showing the Application of a 28-ft. Car Body to One Truck. four GE-80 motors. As the result of this change it wasfound possible to maintain the usual schedule with but twoof the original motors. The elimination of two motors andone truck reduced the total weight of the car from 45,000lb. to 32,050 lb., a saving of 12,950 lb. It is estimatedthat, based on the cost of the original car equipment, thefollowing amounts would have been saved by using thisradial truck: Two motors, $900; four 33-in. rolled forged One of the greatest operating economies sought from aradial truck is, of course, the reduction of wheel wear,owing to the radial feature of the truck. In the case of theexperimental car under consideration, the manufacturersstate that it shows absolutely no wheel flange wear aftersix months regular service over 33-ft. curves, and evenafter runs over a 25-ft. curve. They estimate that eachof the eight wheels required for a fou
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