. Electric railway journal . /> miles, with grades of 2 per cent, and not a mo-ments trouble was given in four months continuous op-eration. The load is self-dumping and falls between the rails,where it is leveled off by the life board. As the car hasonly one door in each end, it is necessary to do a littleshoveling to get out all the stone, but the company pro-poses to put in two doors on each end to permit all of thestone to slide out. The life board will also be changedto a V-shape somewhat similar to a snow plow shear, inorder to push some nf the stone outside the rails. The. Ballast Ca
. Electric railway journal . /> miles, with grades of 2 per cent, and not a mo-ments trouble was given in four months continuous op-eration. The load is self-dumping and falls between the rails,where it is leveled off by the life board. As the car hasonly one door in each end, it is necessary to do a littleshoveling to get out all the stone, but the company pro-poses to put in two doors on each end to permit all of thestone to slide out. The life board will also be changedto a V-shape somewhat similar to a snow plow shear, inorder to push some nf the stone outside the rails. The. Ballast Car, Hanover & McSherrystown Street Railway incline is lined with ^heet steel so that the stones will rollmore easily. The box shown on the trolley column con-tains the circuit breaker, and the resistances are under thepeak at the center post. The truck js a Brill 21-E, 6 ft. 6in. wheel base, and gave no trouble except that the cushionsprings under the journal boxes would crush under theexcessive load. The sills are 4 in. x S in. oak reinforcedwith a 4[-j-in. girder rail the full length on each side, ex-cept the platforms. The corner and center posts are 6 6 in. oak. A 2-in. tongued and grooved yellow pine flooris nailed to the 4-in. x 8-in. inclined girders. The sidesare of the same material, the top board being full lengthfor strength. Each side has two J^-in. steel truss inside dimensions of the body are 6 ft. 6 in. wide by18 ft. long by 4 ft. 6 in. high. Only one-half of this spaceis used for stone. This type of car for ballasting is very advantageous whe
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