. The Street railway journal . The combination cars do not differ materially in dimensionsand equipment from the passenger cars. The milk and express cars are 40 ft. long by 8 ft. 5 over all. They are mounted on No. 27-G trucks of4-ft. 6-in. wheel base, with the same equipment in motorscontrol and air brakes as the passenger cars. The double-truck, 20-ton work car illustrated was de-signed and built at the companys shops and is of the fol-lowing dimensions: Length over bumpers, 33 ft.; lengthover platform, 30 ft.; width over platform, 7 ft. 6 in.; ex-treme width over stake pockets, 8 f
. The Street railway journal . The combination cars do not differ materially in dimensionsand equipment from the passenger cars. The milk and express cars are 40 ft. long by 8 ft. 5 over all. They are mounted on No. 27-G trucks of4-ft. 6-in. wheel base, with the same equipment in motorscontrol and air brakes as the passenger cars. The double-truck, 20-ton work car illustrated was de-signed and built at the companys shops and is of the fol-lowing dimensions: Length over bumpers, 33 ft.; lengthover platform, 30 ft.; width over platform, 7 ft. 6 in.; ex-treme width over stake pockets, 8 ft. 6 in.; height of plat-form above rail, 4 ft.; top of trolley base above rail, 11 SUBSTATION AT CHINCHILLA INTERIOR OF CHINCHILLA SUBSTATION persons and are handsomely finished in cherry, upholsteredin red plush in the passenger compartment and leather in thesmoking compartment. Overhead individual bundle racksare supplied in addition to electric heaters, push buttons andlights of high candle power. The passenger cars have alength over all of 46 ft. and are 8 ft. 10 in. wide. Theyweigh, including trucks and motors, 46,000 lb. Each car 3^ in. The car bolster is made of steel plates % fn. x 9 I in. x 9 in. The outer side and end sills are made oflo-in. X 30-lb. channel iron inlaid with 6-in. x 8-in. yellowpine timbers, which support the ends of 2j^-in. oak plankflooring. The center sills are 6-in. 17-lb. I-beams placed at24-in. centers and riveted to the bolster and end controller cab is placed in the center of the INIarch 21, 1908.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 453 The base is only ft. x 5 ft., but is widened to 4 ft. 6 in. x5 ft. 0 in. at 2 ft. 6
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