. Railway mechanical engineer . The motor is located under ahood placed ahead of the car body and power is transmittedby a gear drive to the rear axle which is of the bevel geartyp>e, the gear ratio being to 1. The axle has no differ-ential, and drives two 40 in. wheels with cast steel centersand rolled steel tires. The transmission of the selective typegives four speeds forward and four in reverse with directdrive in high speed. The leading truck is of the four-wheel type with 20 wheels. The axles, like those of the driving wheels,run in Timken roller bearings. The truck h
. Railway mechanical engineer . The motor is located under ahood placed ahead of the car body and power is transmittedby a gear drive to the rear axle which is of the bevel geartyp>e, the gear ratio being to 1. The axle has no differ-ential, and drives two 40 in. wheels with cast steel centersand rolled steel tires. The transmission of the selective typegives four speeds forward and four in reverse with directdrive in high speed. The leading truck is of the four-wheel type with 20 wheels. The axles, like those of the driving wheels,run in Timken roller bearings. The truck has a swing bol-ster supporting leaf springs which in turn carry the under-frame. At the rear the frame is also supported on leaf A brake valve mounted in front of the drivers seat controlsthe application directly and the release through a quick re-lease valve installed close to the brake chamber. The brakingforce is obtained through two dished plates between which isplacfil ;i ln;i\\ ruliliir diapliraLiii. The diaphragm is con-. Front End of Body. Showing Drivers Seat and Controls nected to a push rod which transmits the pressure to thebrake shoes. In addition a hand brake is provided, whichacts on the rear wheels only and is operated by means of awheels which corresponds to the steering wheel on motor car has seating capacity for 35 passengers and bag-gage capacity of 1,000 lb. The body is 27 ft. 10 in. longand 9 ft. wide inside the window sills, with a height of 6 ft.
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