. Electric railway journal . k destina-tion signs were installed for the vestibules two lamps weretaken from the interior of the car. It was found, however,that this change caused too great a decrease in the illu-mination of some parts of the car. This objection was metand the conditions considerably bettered by installinganother circuit, thereby adding three 16-cp lamps for theinside lighting. The light circuits are made up of No. 14Okonite rubber-insulated, single-braid wire. HEADLIGHTS At one end of the car the headlight was formerly thethird lamp in the series. By making it the fifth lamp
. Electric railway journal . k destina-tion signs were installed for the vestibules two lamps weretaken from the interior of the car. It was found, however,that this change caused too great a decrease in the illu-mination of some parts of the car. This objection was metand the conditions considerably bettered by installinganother circuit, thereby adding three 16-cp lamps for theinside lighting. The light circuits are made up of No. 14Okonite rubber-insulated, single-braid wire. HEADLIGHTS At one end of the car the headlight was formerly thethird lamp in the series. By making it the fifth lamp inthe series, as at the other end of the car, the groundingof the headlight from water or other causes can no longerblow out the remaining lamps and fuses because the extravoltage is taken by four instead of two lamps. The two-motor surface cars are supplied with a single 16-cp incan-descent headlight. The four-motor cars have headlightscomposed of two 24-cp incandescent lamps and an arclight for service in the open 25OBODY CAR SINGLE TRUCK CAR
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