. Electric railway journal . s from rail to top of trolley board 12 ft. 10 in. Weight of car body complete 28,618 lb. Weight of trucks completely equipped 27,520 lb. Total weight of car complete on track 56,138 lb. Weight per seated passenger 920 1b. As the tendency at the present time is toward lighterequipment, the car described above, seating sixty-onepassengers comfortably, weighing complete 28 tons,offers a good example of equipment that is as light aspractical consistent with strength. As it is capable ofattaining a speed of 50 miles per hour with its it appears to be a car
. Electric railway journal . s from rail to top of trolley board 12 ft. 10 in. Weight of car body complete 28,618 lb. Weight of trucks completely equipped 27,520 lb. Total weight of car complete on track 56,138 lb. Weight per seated passenger 920 1b. As the tendency at the present time is toward lighterequipment, the car described above, seating sixty-onepassengers comfortably, weighing complete 28 tons,offers a good example of equipment that is as light aspractical consistent with strength. As it is capable ofattaining a speed of 50 miles per hour with its it appears to be a car which might be operatedespecially profitably in connection with suburban orinterurban service. Safe Test Lead Contact Handle BY BERNARD DOYLE New York Railways The accompanying illustration shows a test lead con-tact handle which insures safety to the operator. Itconsists of a wooden handle turned with a large flangeon the end. A sharp-pointed steel terminal is screwedinto the wood, and a flexible insulated wire, led through. SAFE TEST LEAD CONTACT HANDLE 658 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVII, No. 14 a hole drilled in the rounded end of the handle, ends ina spring switch inside the handle. This spring is oper-ated by a push button which must be depressed beforethe wire is electrically connected with the contact essential feature of this device is the push-buttonswitch, which makes it necessary for the operator tokeep his hands on the wooden handles, thereby eliminat-ing any chance of him touching live parts. Emergency Snow-Fighting Equipment BY W. G. MURRIN General Superintendent British Columbia Electric Railway, Ltd. Mention was made in a recent issue of the Elec-tric Railway Journal of the record snowfall dur-ing the first week in February in the British Columbiacoast cities. Nevertheless the policy of preparednessof the British Columbia Electric Railway enabled it tomaintain practically a full service throughout the wholeten days beginning Jan. 30, during which
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