. The Street railway journal . 2 between backs of wheel ft. si/s of truck center plate above rail, car body loaded with15,000 lbs., 3154 ins. Height of truck side bearings above rail, car body loaded with15,000 lbs., 35>4 base, 6 ft. 8 ins. Weight of truck complete with two gears, but without motors,r?,8oo on center plate with car body loaded, of one motor on truck transom, 3500 of one motor on truck transom, 3000 lbs. The truck bolster and track center plates are steel castingsmachined to the proper dimensi
. The Street railway journal . 2 between backs of wheel ft. si/s of truck center plate above rail, car body loaded with15,000 lbs., 3154 ins. Height of truck side bearings above rail, car body loaded with15,000 lbs., 35>4 base, 6 ft. 8 ins. Weight of truck complete with two gears, but without motors,r?,8oo on center plate with car body loaded, of one motor on truck transom, 3500 of one motor on truck transom, 3000 lbs. The truck bolster and track center plates are steel castingsmachined to the proper dimensions. The side frames areof wrought iron, machined on four sides. All bolt holes inthe side frames are accurately drilled to templates. The endframes are of steel channels. The pedestals are forgingslipped over the sides of the car frames and are machined onall surfaces where they have a bearing, either on the sideframes, pedestal caps, or the journal boxes. The transomconsists of rolled-steel channels resting in the side frame. FIG. 13.—TRAILER TRUCK castings, and provided with chafing plates of wrought equalizer bars are of wrought iron in one piece, withoutwelds, machined on top edges for spring seats, and on thebearing surfaces over the journal boxes. The pedestal caps are of wrought iron, of the individualtype, machined and carefully fitted to the pedestals, beingsecured with hammer-driven turned bolts in reamed transom top braces are of wrought iron secured byturned bolts in reamed holes. Safety hangers and swinghangers are of wrought iron. The spring plank is of steelchannel. The brake hangers, rods, levers and equalizingbeams in the brake rigging are of forged iron, and the pins « August ii, igo6.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 225 throughout the brake rigging are accurately turned to di-mensions, all wearing parts being case-hardened to preventrattle. The motor suspension consists of a steel wearing plateon the transom on which the motor nose rests with
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