. The Street railway journal . SectJo-n at Center J^ Side View showing doors closed Side View showing- door open SCieel lii/. Journal BALLAST CAR BUILT AT SHOPS OF BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Steel plate. The two doors are hinged at the bottom to a com- and 270 are GE 57s. The standards in rolling stock adopted mon horizontal rod, and are normally held in the raised posi- by the company were described in the Street Railway tion by chains which are wound upon shafts formed of 3-in. Journal for March 24, 1906. double-strength wrought-iron pipe. The doors are let down *♦♦ or raised
. The Street railway journal . SectJo-n at Center J^ Side View showing doors closed Side View showing- door open SCieel lii/. Journal BALLAST CAR BUILT AT SHOPS OF BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, LIGHT & POWER COMPANY Steel plate. The two doors are hinged at the bottom to a com- and 270 are GE 57s. The standards in rolling stock adopted mon horizontal rod, and are normally held in the raised posi- by the company were described in the Street Railway tion by chains which are wound upon shafts formed of 3-in. Journal for March 24, 1906. double-strength wrought-iron pipe. The doors are let down *♦♦ or raised by rotating these shafts by means of hand cranks The longest continuous trip in one direction over electric at the ends. Each compartment has capacity for 6 cu. yds. roads, was made several weeks ago by two cars which were of material. purchased by the Canton-Akron Company from a road at. TWO-COMPARTMENT BALLAST CAR USED AT BIRMINGHAM BUILDING CARSThe management is favoring the policy of building itscars at its own shops. During the past year, four new trailcars were turned out from this plant, and preparations areunder way for building eighteen new motor cars. Wabash, Ind., to replace some cars which were destroyed byfire some time ago. The cars were shipped by their ownpower over electric lines from Wabash to Canton by way ofFort Wayne, Lima, Toledo, Cleveland and Akron, in allabout 400 miles. May 5, 1906:] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 705 INTEGRATING WATTMETERS ON THE CARS OF THECLINTON STREET RAILWAY It is usually conceded that integrating wattmeters, if placedon cars and read at frequent intervals, would be the meansof detecting undue consumption of current by individualmotormen, defective apparatus, tight brakes and other irregu-larities which cause increased current consumption. How-ever, lack of actual data from systems where meters have beeninstalled on the origina
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