. The Street railway journal . or throughout the car. The details of the finish are of standard patterns. There are tenpivoted ventilators on a side, the windows have three guard rails,and there are the usual sand boxes, gongs, electric signal bells,etc. Each end of the body has a coach bracket signal lamp, andon the right-hand side of each end there is a colored signal light,so wired as to burn with the electric headlight. Extra Heavy Double Truck The accompanying illustration shows one of the latest develop-ments in trucks for high-speed electric cars. The long car bodieswhich are now used i
. The Street railway journal . or throughout the car. The details of the finish are of standard patterns. There are tenpivoted ventilators on a side, the windows have three guard rails,and there are the usual sand boxes, gongs, electric signal bells,etc. Each end of the body has a coach bracket signal lamp, andon the right-hand side of each end there is a colored signal light,so wired as to burn with the electric headlight. Extra Heavy Double Truck The accompanying illustration shows one of the latest develop-ments in trucks for high-speed electric cars. The long car bodieswhich are now used in suburban service and are ordinarily run atan extremely high rate of speed around curves as well as uponstraight tracks have necessitated certain modifications in the stand-ards laid down by the Master Car Builders Association, but theM. C. B. lines are incorporated in the best makes of trucks forthis service. The Taylor Electric Truck Company, of Troy, N. Y.,after a. long practical experience in the manufacture of high-grade. HIGH-SPEED TRUCK FOR HEAVY SERVICE trucks for heavy service, is now putting on the market the designshown herewith. This truck, as will be seen, conforms very closelyto steam railroad practice, at the same time embodying suchfeatures of strength and durability as are required by the additionof the extra weight of the motors. The bolster has a swing mo-tion, which combined with the equalizer bar construction makes avery easy-riding truck. The trucks and all wearing partsare made very strong, allowing the attachment of air brakesif desired, and great care is taken to have the trucks in all partsequal to any service, however severe. The trucks are made intwo sizes with wheel bases of 5 ft. 10 ins. and 6 ft., and for anygage of track from 3 ft. 6 in. to 5 ft. 2x/2 ins. They are constructed 574 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XIX. No. 18. to receive two motors apiece or four motors to a car, and runsmoothly around curves of 40-ft. radius. Wheels of any diameter
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