. The Street railway journal . of the chloride type with264 cells, and are provided with differential boosters. StationA battery has 1000-amp. hours capacity, and the other three2000-amp. hours. The battery at station 3 is illustrated inFig. 12. ROLLING STOCKThe company is engaged in standardizing its passenger carsto four or five types, each being fitted for a different of the cars are of recent manufacture, and those of olderconstruction are being remodeled, as time and occasion permit,to conform to the standard of the newer types. The cars of 400 the 100 class, Fig. 13, are 42
. The Street railway journal . of the chloride type with264 cells, and are provided with differential boosters. StationA battery has 1000-amp. hours capacity, and the other three2000-amp. hours. The battery at station 3 is illustrated inFig. 12. ROLLING STOCKThe company is engaged in standardizing its passenger carsto four or five types, each being fitted for a different of the cars are of recent manufacture, and those of olderconstruction are being remodeled, as time and occasion permit,to conform to the standard of the newer types. The cars of 400 the 100 class, Fig. 13, are 42 ft. 2 ins. long, seat fifty-twopeople and weigh 35,400 lbs. They are mounted on the com-panys own trucks, and are equipped with two No. 38-B motorsand K-11 controllers. The car bodies are of the Hammondmanufacture. These cars are used on the Los Angeles-Pasa-dena lines, and also for local Pasadena service. The 150 type of car, Fig. 14, are 39 ft. long, seat forty-fourpeople, and weigh lbs. The equipment consists of four. Mi,. 15.—PASSENGER CAR OF 200 CLASS 38-B motors and K-14 controllers. Five of these cars are usedon the Rubio line for Mt. Lowe service, where grades of 8 percent are encountered, so the gear ratio of the motors is magnetic traction brakes have recently beeninstalled on these cars on account of the heavy grades. Othercars of the same type are used on the city lines in Los Angeles. The 200 type, shown in Fig. 15, has a length of 41 ins., seats forty-eight passengers, and weighs lbs. Theequipment is the same as the 150 class cars except that thegear ratio is higher. These cars are used on the lines of the
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