. The Street railway journal . interurban companies opposed thepassage of the measure, because of the difficulties that at-tend the operation of their cars over girder rails. in the ventilator windows. The cars are provided withheadlights, drawbars and signs on each end. The vestibuledoors are provided with an automatic folding device. Thesteps are of a folding spring type, so designed that whenthe step on one side of the car is down the opposite oneis folded. The car is mounted on No. 47 trucks havinga 4-ft. 6-in. wheel-base. The wheels are 33 ins. in diameterand have a ^-in. tread and ^-in.
. The Street railway journal . interurban companies opposed thepassage of the measure, because of the difficulties that at-tend the operation of their cars over girder rails. in the ventilator windows. The cars are provided withheadlights, drawbars and signs on each end. The vestibuledoors are provided with an automatic folding device. Thesteps are of a folding spring type, so designed that whenthe step on one side of the car is down the opposite oneis folded. The car is mounted on No. 47 trucks havinga 4-ft. 6-in. wheel-base. The wheels are 33 ins. in diameterand have a ^-in. tread and ^-in. flange. They are mountedon 4^-in. axles. The car is provided with four G. E. A motors. June 15, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 1077 RADIAL SNOW PLOW An account was published in the Street Railway Jour-nal of Sept. 2, 1905, of a novel type of snow plow inventedby W. E. Wilder and put in service during the previouswinter by the Worcester Consolidated Railway this plow the plow portion, instead of being mounted,. RADIAL PLOW ON 45-FT. RADIUS as usual, on the car body, is carried on and forms a partof the truck, while the body portion extends only to thetruck bolster. This construction permits the plow portionto turn with the trucks and follow exactly the curvature
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