. The Street railway journal . is no abrupt hump to catch the inside of vehicle tiresas in the dotted-line drawing. The rail used was a 6-in.,60-lb. T-rail, 6 in. x 8 in. x 7 ft. ties placed 30-in. centers,as fully shown in the accompanying drawing. The trackdrain used is shown in Fig. 3. The standard sections that Mr. Weber has recommended Street Railway Journal FIG. 6.—CROSS-SECTION OF TRACK AND DRAIN stone he would use ties from 24-in. to 27-in. centers. Inconcrete we will soon have to go to steel at from 4 ft. to 5 a good concrete base. The accompanying drawings,Figs. 4, 5 and 6, w
. The Street railway journal . is no abrupt hump to catch the inside of vehicle tiresas in the dotted-line drawing. The rail used was a 6-in.,60-lb. T-rail, 6 in. x 8 in. x 7 ft. ties placed 30-in. centers,as fully shown in the accompanying drawing. The trackdrain used is shown in Fig. 3. The standard sections that Mr. Weber has recommended Street Railway Journal FIG. 6.—CROSS-SECTION OF TRACK AND DRAIN stone he would use ties from 24-in. to 27-in. centers. Inconcrete we will soon have to go to steel at from 4 ft. to 5 a good concrete base. The accompanying drawings,Figs. 4, 5 and 6, which are the Fort Wayne & WabashValley Traction Companys standard form of construction,embody his ideas for this class of work. December 14, 1907.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. CAR WITH SIDE RODS IN PITTSBURG Some interesting tests have recently been conducted inPittsburg by John Murphy, general superintendent of thePittsburg Railways Company, on the lines of that road, todetermine the relative economy of a four-motor car, a. PLAN AND SIDE ELEVATION OF TRUCK WITH CONNECTING ROD two-motor car of the usual type and a two-motor car inwhich side rods are used to connect the pairs of wheelsunder each truck. Some results which are quite strikingin their character have been secured. A standard double-truck car of the Pittsburg RailwaysCompany measuring 40 ft. over all, and equipped with four93-A Westinghouse motors, was selected for the motor was removed from each of the trucks of thiscar and the axles of each truck were connected with driv-ing rods, as shown in the engravings. These driving rods way by weights attached between the spokes. Connectingrods were used on both sides of each truck. This car wasput in operation on June 20, 1907, and run for twenty-seven days in comparison with another car of exactly thesame type and on the same route, equipped with fourWestinghouse 93-A motors, but having no connecting rods. Owing to the substitution ofthe rods for the motors therewa
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