. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. l repair work. ROLLING STOCK. The number of passenger cars at the present timeis 169. Of these 24 aie of the four-wheeled tyj^e,coupled in i)aiis, each with a seating capacity for 56passengers ; 108 cars, with seating foi- 52 i)assengers, areof the vestibule composite type, equijiped with bogietrucks, and the majority with two .50 motors. Theremaining 37 are of various tjpes, including double-decked cars. All the cars aie fitted with glass fionts,to afford protection from the weather, and with threetypes of brake
. Municipal and official handbook of the City of Auckland, New Zealand. l repair work. ROLLING STOCK. The number of passenger cars at the present timeis 169. Of these 24 aie of the four-wheeled tyj^e,coupled in i)aiis, each with a seating capacity for 56passengers ; 108 cars, with seating foi- 52 i)assengers, areof the vestibule composite type, equijiped with bogietrucks, and the majority with two .50 motors. Theremaining 37 are of various tjpes, including double-decked cars. All the cars aie fitted with glass fionts,to afford protection from the weather, and with threetypes of —an air and a hand brake to operate onthe wheels, and a slipper brake to operate on the construction of ten new passenger cars has beenauthorised. In addition to the passenger cars there are twofreight cars used for the carriage of material betweenthe stores and dei)6ts. PERMANENT WAY. The total length of line measured as single track miles, made up of :3.:?7 miles of single track miles of double track. The gauge of th-- trark is ).S. A UCKLAy I) MUNICHA L JIANDBOOK. 4ft. Ill the original ((list ruct ion tlic Iuils wi-recarried on longitudinal concrete stringers, hut in 1904this method was changed to hardwood cross sleepers,8ft. X 9in. X 4Tjin., 2,640 being used to the mile of track. The first tracks were laid with 92lb. girder rails, butowing to these being found too light for a heaviei- typeof car subsequently used, girder rails weighing yard (116lbs. on curves) were .sul)stituteil, in l!»i:>, forall renewal and extension work. Owing to the unstable natuic of the grouiul in QueenStreet, recurring trouble was experienced up to the year1913, when a complete reconstruction was carried outand the tracks relaid on a pile foundation. Track to theextent of 5,541 square yards is paved with Neuchatelasphalt, 43,308 squai-e yards with bituminous macadam,and the balance with water bound macadam. The steepest grade is one in , a
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