. The street railway review . variety of is a combination freight motor and ballast car, and, on occasion,is also pressed into the passenger service. The car is 32 ft. long and 8 ft. wide with cabs 8 ft. high. Theframe is made in four 8-in. steel I-beams. The car was assembled inthe companys own shops. It is fitted with No. 28 McGuire trucks. The electrical equipment consists of four G. E. 57 motors withG. E. No. K-14 controllers. The wiring is placed in a wooden boxabout 8 x 12 in. in section, which tits in between two of the floorI-beams. This box has a removable cover so that th
. The street railway review . variety of is a combination freight motor and ballast car, and, on occasion,is also pressed into the passenger service. The car is 32 ft. long and 8 ft. wide with cabs 8 ft. high. Theframe is made in four 8-in. steel I-beams. The car was assembled inthe companys own shops. It is fitted with No. 28 McGuire trucks. The electrical equipment consists of four G. E. 57 motors withG. E. No. K-14 controllers. The wiring is placed in a wooden boxabout 8 x 12 in. in section, which tits in between two of the floorI-beams. This box has a removable cover so that the wires maybe easily reached and repaired. The rheostats and air controllersare overhead in the cabs. The National Electric Cos. air brake equipment is used, with auto-matic couplers of the mountain type, arranged to swing so that theywill remain coupled on curves of short radii. The car is also fur-nished with hand brakes and sand boxes. The portion of the carbody between the cabs is used for carrying ballast and is arranged. A NOVEL COMBINATION MOTOR CAR. to side dump. The car has no roof, a running board about a footwide carrying the two trolley stands. In summer, when the trafficis heavy, the motor is used as an open passenger car by putting inbenches. The motor will haul a train of from four to six gondolacars loaded with crushed gravel and sand up a 3 per cent grade,negotiating this grade very easily. The government of Ontario is considering the establishment of arailway commission to deal with the many questions affecting theelectric railways of the province. It has had under considerationthe question of the enlargement of the powers of the present rail-way committee of the executive council to include electric roads. BY ARTHUR B. WEEKS. An annoying thing in connection with a large power plant is ashort circuit on its feeders, especially so if there is no way ofdetermining which one of several feeders is affected. If it has beennecessary to stop the generators, when they
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