. The Street railway journal . current, with forty cycles per second. This volt-age will be reduced to about 540 volts on the trolley wire. The two trolley wires will be eight in diameter, and placed,forty cm. apart. Each of the electric locomotives, of which therewill be two, will weigh about tonnes, and each will beequipped with two 3-phase motors. The motors will begeared down to the rack in the ratio of 12 to 1, and the locomo-tive will have a speed of seven per hour. Each train willconsist of one locomotive, one closed car and one open car, theformer holding sixty and the l
. The Street railway journal . current, with forty cycles per second. This volt-age will be reduced to about 540 volts on the trolley wire. The two trolley wires will be eight in diameter, and placed,forty cm. apart. Each of the electric locomotives, of which therewill be two, will weigh about tonnes, and each will beequipped with two 3-phase motors. The motors will begeared down to the rack in the ratio of 12 to 1, and the locomo-tive will have a speed of seven per hour. Each train willconsist of one locomotive, one closed car and one open car, theformer holding sixty and the latter fifty persons. Both cars andlocomotives are well equipped with brakes and safety devices. Novel Truck at Atlanta The accompanying engravings show a car and truck recentlybuilt at the shops of the Atlanta Railway Company. As will beseen, the truck is constructed upon original plans. The principalfeatures of it are its simplicity and low cost of construction. As-will be seen, two motors are used. The wheels being close to-. An important mountain railway, to be equipped with electricpower is now being built by Brown, Boveri & Company, at Zer- FIG. 1 —NOVEL TRUCK—ATLANTA gether, the truck can turn between the sills of the car, therebybringing the body within one step of the ground. The- motorframe is used for supporting the car body, doing away with the-necessity of an outside truck frame. The equipment has beenin service for about five months, and has given the best of satis-faction. The truck was designed by Frank Zimmerman, superinten-dent of the Atlanta Railway Company. Mr. Zimmerman has-
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