. The Street railway journal . MOTORMANS VESTIBULE, SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OFCONTROLLER AT THE SIDE leads from the motor are held in the lugs by screws. Themaple block is contained in a cast-iron box bolted to a woodsill and fitted with a removable cover. The lightning arrester is protected by a 4-ampere controller is of the K-28 J type with contactors underthe car for making and breaking the main circuit. Motorsare of the GE-80 type. The truck is the United RailwaysNo. 25 built in the shops. It has 4^4 in. x 8 in. M. C. B. 44 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [\0L. XXXL No. 2. journal boxes adapt
. The Street railway journal . MOTORMANS VESTIBULE, SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OFCONTROLLER AT THE SIDE leads from the motor are held in the lugs by screws. Themaple block is contained in a cast-iron box bolted to a woodsill and fitted with a removable cover. The lightning arrester is protected by a 4-ampere controller is of the K-28 J type with contactors underthe car for making and breaking the main circuit. Motorsare of the GE-80 type. The truck is the United RailwaysNo. 25 built in the shops. It has 4^4 in. x 8 in. M. C. B. 44 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [\0L. XXXL No. 2. journal boxes adapted to the track and axles ins. indiameter at the gear and wheel seat. The truck centersare 22 ft. 3 ins. as against 20 ft. in the old car, with aboutthe same length of body. The trucks are offset 2 ins.,partly to give more room between cars and partly to bal-ance the weight of tlie controller and other heavy partswhich are on one side. OCEAN SHORE RAILWAY. ASSEMBLY OF CONNECTION BOX The forward vestibule contains a narrow front windowins. between posts and two windows on either side323/2 ins. wide. The controller, engineers valve and otherapparatus are so placed that the motorman is compelled tostand near the side of the platform opposite the door andout of the way of the passengers. Behind him is a sand-box containing a seat which may be pulled out and placedin position by raising the cover of the sandbox. The signalbell is inclosed in a wood box partly for appearance andpartly to prevent the motorman deadening it with paper. The interior is finished in quarter sawn oak with a whiteenamel head lining. The wireless clusters for the lampsare inclosed in a casting which supports the bell cord. Thecasting is screwed into the car lines in such a manner thatno strain is thrown on the cluster. The cars are being
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