. The Street railway journal . FIG. VIEW OF TRUCK Pcckham Manufacturing- Company for all of the trucks to heused under the new convertible cars on the Brooklyn elevatedlines. The car was described in the issue of May 30, and par-ticulars will now be given of the truck. It is of a new typeknown as Peckhams High Speed M. C. B. Brooklyn Special, end view, is suspended from the transom bars and is providedw ith spiral springs. The sizes of the arch bars or truss members of this truck areregulated in size according to the weight of the car body andload to be carried. Its weight will depend
. The Street railway journal . FIG. VIEW OF TRUCK Pcckham Manufacturing- Company for all of the trucks to heused under the new convertible cars on the Brooklyn elevatedlines. The car was described in the issue of May 30, and par-ticulars will now be given of the truck. It is of a new typeknown as Peckhams High Speed M. C. B. Brooklyn Special, end view, is suspended from the transom bars and is providedw ith spiral springs. The sizes of the arch bars or truss members of this truck areregulated in size according to the weight of the car body andload to be carried. Its weight will depend upon the dimensions. FIG. 2.—SIDE ELEVATION OF TRUCK and contains several novel features which are worthy of atten-tion. The side frames are of the well-known Beckham combinationtype, and consist of a combination with two eciualizing bars,of a center truss frame rigidly secured to the pedestalsand top frames, forming an extra strong condjination, it is claimed, gives a double factorof safety, as the center frame alone is sutficientlystrong to carry the weight of the car without the aid uf ^double equalizing bars which are arranged on each l^HZTJZside of the pedestals. t-^rL^™ The transom bars are steel, and of angle-bar shape,secured rigidly to the top frame and to the center archbars. The top frames and transom bars are rigidlysecured to each other by a center steel plate gussetwhich makes a rigid center brace that prevents thetruck from getting out of alignment. The top frames extend around the truck, but are de-pressed at the enfls to acconumidate the car are ])rovided
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