. The Street railway journal . eavier current; per cent of the time of the run wasacceleration, and per cent was occupied in braking. Therate of braking averaged about m. p. h. per second, callingfor a retarding force of 4800 the most interesting feature is the excessive energyconsumption per car-mile, before noted, kw-hours. It is bumpers, 26 ft. 6 ins.; length over corner posts, 16 ft. ioj4 ins.;length of platform, 4 ft. 3 ins,; width over sills, 7 ft. 3 ins. The cars are mounted on Lord Baltimore single trucks, andare equipped with No. 49 Westinghouse motors
. The Street railway journal . eavier current; per cent of the time of the run wasacceleration, and per cent was occupied in braking. Therate of braking averaged about m. p. h. per second, callingfor a retarding force of 4800 the most interesting feature is the excessive energyconsumption per car-mile, before noted, kw-hours. It is bumpers, 26 ft. 6 ins.; length over corner posts, 16 ft. ioj4 ins.;length of platform, 4 ft. 3 ins,; width over sills, 7 ft. 3 ins. The cars are mounted on Lord Baltimore single trucks, andare equipped with No. 49 Westinghouse motors and K-10 con-trollers. The average weight of the cars complete is 18,691 lbs. To enable the mail clerks to enter and leave the cars quicklythe end doors are arranged slightly out of center in theopposite direction from the way they are regularly thrown tomake the accelerator type of door for passenger service. The interior furnishing of each car is arranged in accord-ance with plans submitted by the Post Office Department, and. SIX MAIL CARS JUST PUT IN SERVICE IN BALTIMORE certain that any road which is obliged to operate heavy equip-ments in short accelerating runs which permit no coasting mustlook well into its power consumption if it wishes to reduceoperating expenses. UNITED STATES MAIL CARS IN BALTIMORE As the advantages of electric cars for mail transportationhave become more evident to the postal authorities, the useof such cars has correspondingly increased. Among the streetrailway companies carrying mail is the United Railways & consists of a letter case of fifty-six compartments, a drop rackfor holding mail pouches, a sheet-iron covered table for can-celling mail, two wardrobes, a wash basin and a combinationcooler and tank. There is also a drop table, used for cancellingparcels, etc. All the mail cars are painted white, striped in blue. Allnumbers and lettering are in gold. No side or hood signs are on the cars, but each car isequipped with a sheet-iron dash sign, g
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