. The Street railway journal . ALL ITS OOOD(?) POINTS Loss of Adhesion. Rolls on the Springs. Raises the Car Body. Needs a Long Wheel Base. Cant keep the small wheels on the Track. Increased width of Car Body. Brakes lock themselves on short curves. After a few days use on the one set of these trucks in service the bolster has sprung up in thecenter and the car is down on the side bearings. This makes it a side bearing truck. The bolstersare so near the wheels they do not hold up the weight. Mistakes Enough for• •• a Tirst Attempt ••• This Truck Builder may steal our arguments, but he cantgood
. The Street railway journal . ALL ITS OOOD(?) POINTS Loss of Adhesion. Rolls on the Springs. Raises the Car Body. Needs a Long Wheel Base. Cant keep the small wheels on the Track. Increased width of Car Body. Brakes lock themselves on short curves. After a few days use on the one set of these trucks in service the bolster has sprung up in thecenter and the car is down on the side bearings. This makes it a side bearing truck. The bolstersare so near the wheels they do not hold up the weight. Mistakes Enough for• •• a Tirst Attempt ••• This Truck Builder may steal our arguments, but he cantgood Trucks till he steals our construction. make 280 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. iMB J. B. BRILL COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, u. s. The Perfect Truck (Brill No. 27). ...PERFECT IN Practice Proves theTheory Perfect Zhc Safe {Truck Zhc Eas^ IRibino TCruch XTbe TErucfc for Ibigbest Speebs Zhc Easiest TEruch on tbe IRails IT can take narrow tread, shallow flanged wheels over T-rails at expressspeed year in and year out, without a derailment. The load is con-stantly and uniformly on the wheels, while the irregularities of the: rails bring no strain on the flanges. It carries the car body withease, because track irregularities are not transmitted to a It is as Good a Carriage is a Strong Statements buttbe {Truck BacksGhent lap- 650 in use by 20 Different Rai_llway_Gompanies and none yet off the track. STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 281 CJBSjglCKS J. G. BRILL COMPANY PHILADELPHIA, u. s. A.
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