. Electric railway journal . TWO-CAR TRAIN OPERATION DOWNTOWN IN SAN ANTONIO August 10, 1918 Men and Munitions Depend on Transportation 235. AT LEFT, ONE OP THE LATEST MOTOR CARS IN OPERATION IN SAN ANTONIO ; AT RIGHT, LOADING SOLDIERS IN SAN ANTONIO construction, except part of the superstructure, is ofsteel. Half the cars were built by tns American CarConiDany and half by the St. Louis Car Company. Theequipment includes Westinghouse 512 C motors, K-36 Jcontrol and Westinghouse M-W I airbrakes. Fifty-four Home-Made Trailers WerePressed Into Service In order to meat the traffic demands, the co
. Electric railway journal . TWO-CAR TRAIN OPERATION DOWNTOWN IN SAN ANTONIO August 10, 1918 Men and Munitions Depend on Transportation 235. AT LEFT, ONE OP THE LATEST MOTOR CARS IN OPERATION IN SAN ANTONIO ; AT RIGHT, LOADING SOLDIERS IN SAN ANTONIO construction, except part of the superstructure, is ofsteel. Half the cars were built by tns American CarConiDany and half by the St. Louis Car Company. Theequipment includes Westinghouse 512 C motors, K-36 Jcontrol and Westinghouse M-W I airbrakes. Fifty-four Home-Made Trailers WerePressed Into Service In order to meat the traffic demands, the companyresorted to the use of trailers during the rush of the trailers were old trail cars. Thesewere reversed for front instead of rear entrance, so thatas in the case of the other trailers passenger movementwill be concentrated at two adjacent entrances. Theother thirty trailers were built up from the substruc-ture of work cars. The wheelbases of the originalBemis 6A trucks were extended from 6 ft. 6 in. and6 ft. 7 in. to a uniform spacing of 8 ft. The were replaced by 24-in. wheels, so that the vesti-bu
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