. The Street railway journal . Steel Sprins Ptrocf 1!\ .loiirnal ■ able for winter service 1604 surface cars, as compared with1403 surface cars available in 1906. The increase in carsis per cent, and in seating capacity per cent. January i8, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 75 NOVEL CAR USED IN TROY, N. Y. The United Traction Company, which operates the streetrailways of Albany and Troy and vicinity, recently orderedtwenty-five cars of a type embodying several interestingdepartures from current city practice. Fifteen of thesecars have been completed and are now used in Troy, forwhich s
. The Street railway journal . Steel Sprins Ptrocf 1!\ .loiirnal ■ able for winter service 1604 surface cars, as compared with1403 surface cars available in 1906. The increase in carsis per cent, and in seating capacity per cent. January i8, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 75 NOVEL CAR USED IN TROY, N. Y. The United Traction Company, which operates the streetrailways of Albany and Troy and vicinity, recently orderedtwenty-five cars of a type embodying several interestingdepartures from current city practice. Fifteen of thesecars have been completed and are now used in Troy, forwhich service they were especially APPEARANCE OF THE NEW TROV CAR WHEN THE DOORS ARE CLOSED AND THE STEPS ARE UP Unlike Albany^ which is noted for its steep hills, thegreater part of Troy extends as a very level and narrowbelt about 7^ miles long and parallel to the Hudson the numerous factories in this section close in theevening, there is a tremendous rush to the cars, attendedby the usual quota of platform accidents. Consequently,the problem before the company was to secure a car whichwould give the maximum carrying capacity, eliminate the It will be noted from the accompanying plan and sectionthat the underframe has two center sills, each consistingof a 6-in. I-beam. These center sills are carried clearthrough to the end of the car, where they are tied into theangle-iron buf¥ers. They carry the larger portion of thefloor loads and transmit the weight of the vestibulesthrough the 5 in. x 3 in. T-iron end sills. That portion ofthe center sills extending from the body bolsters to the buffer is supported by
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