. Electric railway journal . e between wheel and rail with various types ofwheels and rails under different conditions as soon asopportunity offers. TRAILER CARS OF BEN HUR ROUTE The Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Western TractionCompany, known throughout Indiana as the Ben HurRoute, has a high-speed 45-mile road connecting Craw-fordsville with Indianapolis. C. E. Morgan, general man-ager of the Ben Hur Route, recently placed in service fourtrailer cars which in general design conform to the stand-ards of the companys motor cars, although they are not solong. These trailers were built by the D
. Electric railway journal . e between wheel and rail with various types ofwheels and rails under different conditions as soon asopportunity offers. TRAILER CARS OF BEN HUR ROUTE The Indianapolis, Crawfordsville & Western TractionCompany, known throughout Indiana as the Ben HurRoute, has a high-speed 45-mile road connecting Craw-fordsville with Indianapolis. C. E. Morgan, general man-ager of the Ben Hur Route, recently placed in service fourtrailer cars which in general design conform to the stand-ards of the companys motor cars, although they are not solong. These trailers were built by the Danville Car Com- The principal members of the underframe are , 6-in. I-beam center sills and two side and two in-termediate sills of 6-in. x %-in. x 9-in. angles. All the sillsare reinforced with timber and the side sills are further re-inforced by %-in. x 18-in. plates. These stiffening platesare reinforced at the top by angle irons. The cross mem-bers are spaced 3214 in. apart and consist of 3-in. x 6^$ Interior of Ben Hur Route Trailer Car timbers reinforced with plates and angles. The center andintermediate sills extend from bumper to bumper. Bothbuffer blocks carry Hedley anti-climbers and are sheathedwith y8-in. x 8-in. steel. Tomlinson radial couplersare fitted to both ends of the new cars and are standard forall equipment of this road. The bodies are carried onBaldwin 72-22 trucks with 36-in. rolled-steelwheels and cast-steel bolsters. The truck-center distanceis 24 ft. 6 in. The bodies seat forty-six passengers in Brill walkoverseats having arm rests. These seats are upholstered ingreen plush. Additional fittings and equipment of thesenew trailers include: Westinghouse schedule AMT airbrakes, Peacock hand brakes, Dayton Manufacturing Com-panys brass trimmings, Peter Smith hot-water heaters,
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