. Electric railway journal . Narrow-Gage Gasoline Car—General View manufacturers will send an expert to superintend the re-erection of the cars in the railway companys shops atIpswich. This gasoline rolling stock conforms to theMcKeen standard design and construction with the excep-tion of some special features which are necessary to meetthe requirements of the Queensland Railways. These ex-ceptions include the fact that the position of the operatinglevers is reversed for left-side control, and the side type ofbuffing gear with draw hook and screw couplings displacesthe M. C. B. couplers. The
. Electric railway journal . Narrow-Gage Gasoline Car—General View manufacturers will send an expert to superintend the re-erection of the cars in the railway companys shops atIpswich. This gasoline rolling stock conforms to theMcKeen standard design and construction with the excep-tion of some special features which are necessary to meetthe requirements of the Queensland Railways. These ex-ceptions include the fact that the position of the operatinglevers is reversed for left-side control, and the side type ofbuffing gear with draw hook and screw couplings displacesthe M. C. B. couplers. The depressed center entrance is constructed so as toprovide accommodations for handling passengers at bothelevated and roadside platforms with equal facility. Themotor-truck wheelbase is limited to 6 ft. and this, in com-bination with the specially designed front body and truck. Narrow-Gage Gasoline Car—Motor Truck and Engine bolsters, makes the car suitable for operation on the sharp-est curves encountered over city railways. Each motor-truck side frame is one integral steel cast-ing, bolted and wedged against the shirk or bedplate, theside frames in combination making an unusually light aswell as remarkably strong and durable entire cast-steeltruck frame. Artificial illumination is provided by the January 25, 1913. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 159 Stone electric system. The seating capacity of each car issixty-nine passengers, of whom fifty-five are accommodatedin the main compartment and fourteen in the smoker. On the power units the trucks are equipped with fourcast-steel center, steel-tired wheels, 36 in. in diameter,having 6-in. by 10-in. journals and set on a wheclbase of6 ft. The side frames and bolster are made of cast steelthroughout. The gasoline engines are of 200-hp ratedcapacity and have six cylinders with 10-in. bore and The engines
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