. Electric railway gazette . hewheels upon the side rails described, are set inthe same truck, and are, transversely, from centreto centre four feet apart, being single truck is centrally pivoted to the car floor,and easily adjusts itself to curves of any practi-cal radius ; upon the same principle as the self-adjustment of the Bogie truck. By a single andan effective arrangement of springs, the centre-wheels carry seventy-five per cent, of the loadand the remaining twenty-five per cent, is equallydistributed between the four side-wheels, which,though not intended to do more than
. Electric railway gazette . hewheels upon the side rails described, are set inthe same truck, and are, transversely, from centreto centre four feet apart, being single truck is centrally pivoted to the car floor,and easily adjusts itself to curves of any practi-cal radius ; upon the same principle as the self-adjustment of the Bogie truck. By a single andan effective arrangement of springs, the centre-wheels carry seventy-five per cent, of the loadand the remaining twenty-five per cent, is equallydistributed between the four side-wheels, which,though not intended to do more than this ser-vice, are of ample strength to carry safely theentire car load. This car-truck has much lessmachinery detail to keep in order than that of r the truck in ordinary use upon railroads. It isstrong, compact, and light, and capable of passing aroundsharp curves with less friction than the old railroad truck,where the wheel-base is greater and the axles are united, pany, gives* complete information and explanation of the. back to back lengthwise through the centre of the car, withtwo sliding doors at each end, so that the centre wheels andtheir connections are not objectionable in the car space, asthey occupy no useful room ; or the seats over the truckscan be placed back to back and the balance of the cararranged with regular side seats next to the windows. This system of elevated railway, though practical for anyof the motive forces now in use upon railways, can be readilyadapted for the use of electricity as the motive power. Theelectric power can be applied to both the centre-wheels of the front truck of a forward car in atrain of three cars. Our space, however, willnot allow us to give a further description ofthe system when electricity is used as a motorpower. In speaking generally of the Riley ElevatedRailway System, we can say that the generalsystem of construction, viz.: that of concentrat-ing the carrying metal in one main central girder—which girder transmits i
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