. The Street railway journal . uxiliary draw-bar is forged in clevisshape, into which the end of the main draw-bar is secured byan auxiliary king bolt, 2^ ins. in diameter. This provides a main draw-liar radius of 6 ft. 1 in., whilea transverse swing movement of the coupler of 36 ins. is there-by secured. The weight of the main draw-liar is carried by aspecial sector plate above the spring buffer casting, which as-sists in taking care of the buffing strains from the draft rig-ging. The main sector plate upon which the draw-head itselfslides, is built up of a 4-in. angle, curved to correspond w
. The Street railway journal . uxiliary draw-bar is forged in clevisshape, into which the end of the main draw-bar is secured byan auxiliary king bolt, 2^ ins. in diameter. This provides a main draw-liar radius of 6 ft. 1 in., whilea transverse swing movement of the coupler of 36 ins. is there-by secured. The weight of the main draw-liar is carried by aspecial sector plate above the spring buffer casting, which as-sists in taking care of the buffing strains from the draft rig-ging. The main sector plate upon which the draw-head itselfslides, is built up of a 4-in. angle, curved to correspond withthe movement of the draw-head, as shown. This drawing alsoshows the arrangement of the safety chain and anchor rods,and also the spring buffer devices upon the anchor rods bywhich shocks upon the chains will be transferred to the safety chains are built up of 27g-in. links of 7y-in. roundiron. TRUCKS The trucks which will be used for the steel cars arc identical 642 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 15. 4 j#. DETAILS OF THE PLATFORM CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF DRAFT RIGGING, SHOWING ALSO THE TYPE OF BODY BOLSTER CONSTRUCTION USED ( ICTOBER, 8, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY J< )URNAL 643 with those previously ordered for use under the wooden type of truck adopted was illustrated and described in theAug. 15, 1903, issue of the Street Railway Journal, in whicharticle the types of wheels and axles to be used were referred1o. As may be seen from the accompanying photograph, thetruck resembles in general design the usual standard designswhich have been used successfully in heavy high-speed electricrailroading. It embraces the many Master Car Builders stand-ards, which tend toward conformity to the latest steam rail-road practice, while the latest improvements as dictated byelectric railway practice are incorporated. A special design oftruck bolster and springplank was worked out togive the necessary space formotors. The trucks were built tothe designs of Mr
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