. Electric railway journal . freight cars. 9 electric locomotives. Instead of a multitude of types of cars, the Havana ElectricRailway Company, unlike most tramway systems, has but onetype of passenger car for regular service, and except for afew minor details all the cars and their equipments are the track rolling stock have identical single trucks, McGuire-Cummings A-6, and all the powered cars, except two freightmotors, have identical electrical equipment (GE-52 motors).All of which makes for simplicity and convenience. The passenger cars are the semi-convertible single-tr
. Electric railway journal . freight cars. 9 electric locomotives. Instead of a multitude of types of cars, the Havana ElectricRailway Company, unlike most tramway systems, has but onetype of passenger car for regular service, and except for afew minor details all the cars and their equipments are the track rolling stock have identical single trucks, McGuire-Cummings A-6, and all the powered cars, except two freightmotors, have identical electrical equipment (GE-52 motors).All of which makes for simplicity and convenience. The passenger cars are the semi-convertible single-truck type,22 ft. between the corner posts and 30 ft. over the car seats 32 people, has 16 rattan reversible double crossseats, arranged for center aisle. In the newer cars the lasttwo seats at each end are placed lengthwise so as to affordfreer space at the doors. The body is made of native hardwoods, including mahogany, majagua, sabicu, ocuje, acana andcedar, all splendid woods. The trucks are McGuire A-6. The. Havana Electric Railway—Exterior of Main Car House forced concrete extension for carhouse purposes, and in 1908 asecond story was added to a part of this extension and becamethe companys offices. The shops are well equipped with machine tools and includealso a Devine-Passburg vacuum drying and impregnating ma-chine. The shop annex, which is just across the street fromthe main shop and is devoted to woodworking, contains a quitecomplete set of woodworking machinery. The company buildsits own car bodies and manufactures many of the supply re-pair parts for the cars, including field coils, some armaturecoils, etc. A card system wherein is recorded the mileage ofthe cars and the constituent parts has proved a valuable help inselecting supply materials and suggesting improvements in de-tails of the construction. As the policy of the management isto keep the cars in fresh, clean, presentable condition, all thecars are brought into the shops according to a sche
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