. The street railway review . otorsmounted on the trucks of the construction car. These motors arerated at 7S-h. p. each on the hour run basis of 75 degrees C. tem-perature rise at full load, and they are controlled by either of twoG. E. L 4 standard controllers, one being mounted at each end ofthe housed part of the car. A commutating switch which throwsall four motors in series for running at a speed of 4 or s milesper hour is installed in the interior of the car. This switch alsothrows them into two series-parallel pairs. The car is 8 ft. 854 in-wide over all, and is used only on the elevat
. The street railway review . otorsmounted on the trucks of the construction car. These motors arerated at 7S-h. p. each on the hour run basis of 75 degrees C. tem-perature rise at full load, and they are controlled by either of twoG. E. L 4 standard controllers, one being mounted at each end ofthe housed part of the car. A commutating switch which throwsall four motors in series for running at a speed of 4 or s milesper hour is installed in the interior of the car. This switch alsothrows them into two series-parallel pairs. The car is 8 ft. 854 in-wide over all, and is used only on the elevated division. It is construction car. The flat car also has automatic brakos, so thatboth cars are braked. A tool box containing sledges, hammers, wrenches and othertrack tools is set on one side of the construction cars open plat-form behind the derrick, and on the opposite side is an oil and wastebox. The housed portion of the car is about 30 ft. long. It con-tains a large assortment of tools and supplies. Longitudinal scats. VIEW OF ii> KEAR OF CAR. are provided on each side for the track crew; the interior islighted by eight i6-c. p. lamps, and heated by four Consolidatedcar heaters suspended from the roof. A slate switch box ismounted on one wall. This contains Noark enclosed fuses for themain power circuit and for the compressor motor, heating andlighting circuits; a double throw main knife switch for connect-ing the car wiring to either the trolley or the third rail; and a
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