. The Street railway journal . END VIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW OF PORTLAND LOCOMOTIVE demanded under ordinary full speed running conditions,and in addition, a locomotive in switching service is oftenoperated with power on the motors a very smaH propor-tion of the total time. The amount of time lost in coasting,making switches without power, waiting for couplings andother delays, under the conditions of some recent tests, side frames and bolster is transmitted to the equalizersthrough a heavy semi-elliptic spring on each side insteadof through a series of double elliptic and helical springsas
. The Street railway journal . END VIEW OF LOCOMOTIVE SIDE VIEW OF PORTLAND LOCOMOTIVE demanded under ordinary full speed running conditions,and in addition, a locomotive in switching service is oftenoperated with power on the motors a very smaH propor-tion of the total time. The amount of time lost in coasting,making switches without power, waiting for couplings andother delays, under the conditions of some recent tests, side frames and bolster is transmitted to the equalizersthrough a heavy semi-elliptic spring on each side insteadof through a series of double elliptic and helical springsas is customary on the so-called M. C. B. equalized truckfor high speed service. The axles are 6 ins. in diameter,of hammered open hearth steel, with 33-in. Taylor fused December 21, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1181 steel tired wheels having the M. C. B. tread and flange. The locomotive is equipped with bell, whistle and head-lights. The headlights are 32-cp incandescent, and 4-cpgage lamps are wired in each headlight circuit
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