. Electric railway review . ,and all insulation in molded forms has been made of fireproofmaterial. The control equipment on each car includes a currentlimit relay which provides automatic acceleration of the train Tires, 5V4 inches, M. C. B. tread. Axles, hammered steel, 4% inches at center, 5% inchesat wheel seat. The wheels are of solid steel, forged, and were made bythe Standard Steel Wheel Company. Motors. Each car is equipped with two 160-horsepower motorsfurnished by the General Electric Company and of the typeknown as G. E. No. 76. This motor has been specially de-signed for the Hudson
. Electric railway review . ,and all insulation in molded forms has been made of fireproofmaterial. The control equipment on each car includes a currentlimit relay which provides automatic acceleration of the train Tires, 5V4 inches, M. C. B. tread. Axles, hammered steel, 4% inches at center, 5% inchesat wheel seat. The wheels are of solid steel, forged, and were made bythe Standard Steel Wheel Company. Motors. Each car is equipped with two 160-horsepower motorsfurnished by the General Electric Company and of the typeknown as G. E. No. 76. This motor has been specially de-signed for the Hudson Companies service, but follows closelythe design of the G. E. 66, a motor which has given suchgood service on the Manhattan Elevated. In the G. E. 76motor the armature speed has been reduced and improve-ments have been made in commutation. Contact Shoes. The contact shoes are of the hinged type, similar to thoseused in the subway cars of the Interborough Rapid TransitCompany. The shoe is pressed down on the contact rail by. Hudson Companies Cars—Body with Sheathing in Place. with predetermined current in the motors. This relay, how-ever, does not prevent manual operation of the master con-troller at less than the predetermined current if desired. The motor circuit is protected by a copper ribbon fusewith magnetic blowout, and, in addition, by a circuit-breakerwith tripping and resetting coil. The circuit-breakers in allof the cars in the train may be set or tripped by means of aswitch located in the motormans cab of each car. A bus line cable is installed on each car which will con-nect the contact shoes of all cars in the train. The bus linecable prevents loss of current when passing through cross-overs. Trucks. The motor and trailer trucks are of the M. C. B. type,and were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works. The motortrucks have the following general dimensions: Wheel base, 6 feet 6 inches. Wheel diameter, 34% inches. Tires, rolled steel, 5% inches, M. C. B. tread. Axle
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