. Electric railway journal . o transfer the entire load carried by the centerstringers to the sides at the center entrance, where theformer are interrupted and, inversely, the load of the en-trance back to the stringers. Other crossings are 4-111. chan-nels, which are riveted to the longitudinal members throughangles. Diagonal braces, 4 in. x 4 in., reinforce the center of theframing against braking strains. Diagonal end braces of4-in. x 3-in. x ^-in. angles distribute shocks, attributableto the draft gear, over the other bottom-frame the right forward corner, where the side sill
. Electric railway journal . o transfer the entire load carried by the centerstringers to the sides at the center entrance, where theformer are interrupted and, inversely, the load of the en-trance back to the stringers. Other crossings are 4-111. chan-nels, which are riveted to the longitudinal members throughangles. Diagonal braces, 4 in. x 4 in., reinforce the center of theframing against braking strains. Diagonal end braces of4-in. x 3-in. x ^-in. angles distribute shocks, attributableto the draft gear, over the other bottom-frame the right forward corner, where the side sill is inter-rupted for the low floor of the front exit door, compensa-tion is made for the interruption by two 4-in. channels,forged to a U shape, in the horizontal portion of whichthe subfloor rests, and by a forged angle knee that is rivetedto the under sides of the sill and channel on the right-handside of the car. The cars are mounted on No. 27-M. C. B-2 trucks havingsolid forged side frames with integral pedestal jaws and. Birmingham Car—Views of Dividing Aisles in Main Door-way, and of Front Exit fitted with four GE-216 50-hp motors to give a maximumspeed of 60 The car seats thirty-nine white pas-sengers and twenty-two colored passengers, the total seat-ing capacity being thus sixty-one. The detail weights of the car, as supplied by the manu-facturer, are as follows: car body less electrical equipment,18,000 lb.; electrical equipment, 2800 lb.; air-brake equip-ment, 1800 lb.; trucks, 16,000 lb.; motors, 11,200 lb.; totalweight, 49,800 lb. SERVICE AND INAUGURAL PERFORMANCES OF BEACH-EDISON STORAGE BATTERY CARS. The following figures from a cross-country railway showthe performance of Beach-Edison storage battery company now operates three cars on miles oftrack. Operation was begun in 1911 with one car. Thelow average mileage per car per annum shown in thetable is due to the condition that all three cars are runonly from June to September. The cars are
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