. The Street railway journal . GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVE WEIGHING ABOUT 3 TONS,BAR PULL OF OVER 1100 LBS. chinery is shut down, and nothing is being expended for fueland wear and tear of machinery. The car is designed solely as an independent unit, and noattempt is made whatever to haul another car, as, in the opin-ion of those responsible for the design, when it becomes neces-sary to construct motor cars of such power that they can haulother vehicles, the advantage of such independent units over alocomotive with its two or three trailers is not apparent. Another important point to be remembered in
. The Street railway journal . GASOLINE LOCOMOTIVE WEIGHING ABOUT 3 TONS,BAR PULL OF OVER 1100 LBS. chinery is shut down, and nothing is being expended for fueland wear and tear of machinery. The car is designed solely as an independent unit, and noattempt is made whatever to haul another car, as, in the opin-ion of those responsible for the design, when it becomes neces-sary to construct motor cars of such power that they can haulother vehicles, the advantage of such independent units over alocomotive with its two or three trailers is not apparent. Another important point to be remembered in comparing thetwo types of motor cars now being utilized, is that theNorth-Eastern type can be run for 180 or 200 miles withoutreplenishing its fuel tanks. This, of course, is quite an im- CAR SEATING THIRTY-TWO PASSENGERS, OPERATING WITH20-HP GASOLINE ENGINE without the intervention of electrical apparatus and its neces-sary complications. The Wolseley Company is building small double-deck carsof the type illustrated, to accom
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