. Electric railway journal . nd. These cars wereoriginally 21 -ft. Brill convertible cars but have beenchanged to the semi-convertible type and the long side stepshave been removed. They are now equipped with foldingdoors and arranged for prepayment service with fare boxstands on the rear platform. The seating arrangement con-sists of ten cross-seats and four longitudinal end seats ineach car, with the addition of two longitudinal seats in thecenter passenger-carrying compartment, thus giving a totalseating capacity of sixty-four passengers. The equipment consists of Brill 21-K trucks, four GE
. Electric railway journal . nd. These cars wereoriginally 21 -ft. Brill convertible cars but have beenchanged to the semi-convertible type and the long side stepshave been removed. They are now equipped with foldingdoors and arranged for prepayment service with fare boxstands on the rear platform. The seating arrangement con-sists of ten cross-seats and four longitudinal end seats ineach car, with the addition of two longitudinal seats in thecenter passenger-carrying compartment, thus giving a totalseating capacity of sixty-four passengers. The equipment consists of Brill 21-K trucks, four GE-67motors and K-6 controllers. The cables pass under thecenter of the center compartment. The car is also equippedwith CP-27 air compressor with two 6-iri brake is located underneath at the end of each car and con-nects with the present hand brake levers. The car fullyequipped and ready for serv ice weighs 45,000 lb. The costof rebuilding these cars, exclusive of the air brake equip-ment, is approximately $ Richmond Articulated Car—General View Showing Arrangement of Car plate laps over the steel plate and is fastened to it by a boltpassing through both plates and a coil spring. This springpresses against the steel plate and the washer and nut onthe bolt, thus allowing for any vertical movement of thecar due to uneven track and sudden changes in grade. Thisradius plate is made to a radius to correspond to the move-
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