. Electric railway journal . TWO SINGLE-TRUCK CARS WITH PLATFORMS STRIPPED OFF 982 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 19 are operated in unison by hand from an unusual stan-chion made by the United Traction Company. Thisstanchion has but one stem for the handles used to oper-ate the doors on both sides of the car. Furthermore, thestanchion has a swiveling feature by which the Daytonfare box can be swung around to the operating side withbut half a turn. The use of original longitudinal seats for this nar-row car permits high speed in passenger handling. Ad-ditional bench seats are let d
. Electric railway journal . TWO SINGLE-TRUCK CARS WITH PLATFORMS STRIPPED OFF 982 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 19 are operated in unison by hand from an unusual stan-chion made by the United Traction Company. Thisstanchion has but one stem for the handles used to oper-ate the doors on both sides of the car. Furthermore, thestanchion has a swiveling feature by which the Daytonfare box can be swung around to the operating side withbut half a turn. The use of original longitudinal seats for this nar-row car permits high speed in passenger handling. Ad-ditional bench seats are let down alongside of the idlecenter doors, and there is a seat for one passenger backof the motormans seat. The National Pneumatic Com-panys interlocking safety door control is to be installed. r 39tofarl SECTION VIEW OF REBUILT CAR on these cars at an early date. This control, throughreducing standing time, has cut the running time on theAlbany line where it is already in use 8 per cent. The first unit is mounted on available Brill 27-Gtrucks; the four next units will be mounted on availableTaylor trucks. These trucks are of 4 ft. 6 in. wheel-base. Each unit is fitted also with four Westinghouse12-A motors and two K-35 controllers. Only the Gen-eral Electric air brakes with CP-27 compressors arenew. Before going back into service the cars will be fin- ished off neatly by painting them with the companysstandard colors according to the five coat, six to eight-day system. The accompanying illustrations show the cross-sectionand the underframing of the car and the different stepsin its construction. The material required in this work is shown in the tables on page 981. A Riveted and Welded Track Joint ofLow Cost The Cost of This Joint Is About $ Complete for7-in., T-Rail BY
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