. Electric railway journal . The cars are 49 ft. long and 91 ft. wide. Their heightis about 12 ft. The motor cars weigh about 50 tonseach, the control trailers 29 tons and the trailer tons. The wheel base of the motor trucks is7 ft. 10 in. Much thought has been put into the electrical design,for that equipment embodies and co-ordinates the mostmodern apparatus. The motor cars are each equippedwith four G. E. 260 motors, which are of the interpoletapped-field self-ventilating type. They are rated at190 hp. for one hour and 182 amperes continuously. Themotors are fitted with twenty-toot
. Electric railway journal . The cars are 49 ft. long and 91 ft. wide. Their heightis about 12 ft. The motor cars weigh about 50 tonseach, the control trailers 29 tons and the trailer tons. The wheel base of the motor trucks is7 ft. 10 in. Much thought has been put into the electrical design,for that equipment embodies and co-ordinates the mostmodern apparatus. The motor cars are each equippedwith four G. E. 260 motors, which are of the interpoletapped-field self-ventilating type. They are rated at190 hp. for one hour and 182 amperes continuously. Themotors are fitted with twenty-tooth pinions geared tosixty-three-tooth gears. The wheels are 36 in. in diam-eter. Each pair of motors with its control gear consti-tutes a complete unit equipment. The normal rate ofacceleration will be 11 Substantial improvements have, been made in thecontrol apparatus. The contactor tips are provided witharcing horns and a molded arc chute. The interlocks areof the disk type, mounted on the back of the
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