. The street railway review . panying illustrations clearly show the appearance of With tlic doul)le-truck standard types of cars. At the lermimis of the Vincwood division is a large stone f| output of which is handled entirely by the freight cr|uipmcnt ofthe Topeka Railway Co. There has also been built up a carload-lotfreight transfer business, serving all portions of the city. Sidetracks have been built and connections to the steam roads made sothat the electric freight locomotive of the company can handle carsbetween the steam railroad yards and the factories and indust
. The street railway review . panying illustrations clearly show the appearance of With tlic doul)le-truck standard types of cars. At the lermimis of the Vincwood division is a large stone f| output of which is handled entirely by the freight cr|uipmcnt ofthe Topeka Railway Co. There has also been built up a carload-lotfreight transfer business, serving all portions of the city. Sidetracks have been built and connections to the steam roads made sothat the electric freight locomotive of the company can handle carsbetween the steam railroad yards and the factories and industrieslocated on the street railway lines. This business amounts to anaverage of about 15 cars handled per day. 10 of which arc cut orcrushed stone from the Vinewood quarry. The freight equipmentincludes an electric locomotive equipped with four G. E. 67 motorswith maximum gear reduction. This locomotive is of the plat-. VIEW OX LINE. SPECIAL WORK LAYOUT SIXTH .sj. AXD KANSAS AVE. heaters, the heater and coal box being placed in the front gates operated by a crank in the motormans vestibuleare used on the rear step. The single-truck cars are equipped withEclipse fenders and side destination signs of the modified De-troit type set in angle-iron frames. The smaller front and rearsigns are made of wire glass, so held in an angle-iron frame thatthey are illuminated from the interior of the car. These single-truck cars are mounted on Brill 21-E trucks with -ft. 6-in. wheelbase and are equipped with two G. E. 54 motors and Kio con-trollers. There are five double-truck Jewctt cars with the same fittings asthe single-truck cars, but having a front vestibule 8 ft. long ar-ranged with side scats for a smoker and baggage compartment. form type 30x8 ft. 6 in. in size with the cab at one end. It ismounted on American Car Co. M. C. B. trucks and has NationalElectric Co. air brake equ
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