. Electric railway journal . MACHINE FOR CUTTINGCARBON BRUSHES Gasoline-Propelled Inspection CarGives Good Service The Denver & Interurban Railway, Denver, Col.,has constructed in its shops the gasoline-propelled in-spection car shown in the accompanying car has been driven 35,000 miles, and the only re-pairs necessary have been three sets of tires and twosets of engine bearings. It has given such excellentservice that three more cars of the same design havebeen constructed. The cost of the car was $125. It is of rugged construction and will carry three menand their tools up a
. Electric railway journal . MACHINE FOR CUTTINGCARBON BRUSHES Gasoline-Propelled Inspection CarGives Good Service The Denver & Interurban Railway, Denver, Col.,has constructed in its shops the gasoline-propelled in-spection car shown in the accompanying car has been driven 35,000 miles, and the only re-pairs necessary have been three sets of tires and twosets of engine bearings. It has given such excellentservice that three more cars of the same design havebeen constructed. The cost of the car was $125. It is of rugged construction and will carry three menand their tools up a 4 or 5-per cent grade without diffi-. GASOLINE-PROPELLED INSPECTION CAR, DENVER, COL. culty. The car is equipped with an incandescent head-light, the current for which is supplied by storage bat-teries. When not working at night the batteries areeasily removed. The total weight of the car is 350 lb.,and the single cylinder two-cycle engine which drives itweighs 75 lb. This engine was designed and built in thecompanys shops and is shown in one of the pictures,which also illustrates the method of attaching the en-gine to the truck frame.
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