. Electric railway journal . Interior of Kansas City Car, Looking Toward RearPlatform The electrical equipment consists of four WestinghouseNo. 306 interpole motors with single-end K-35 control. Allthe power wiring is run in iron conduit underneath the carfloor. The air brakes are of the National Brake & Elec-tric Companys straight-air type. The weight of the carcomplete ready to run is 48,400 lb., or 913 lb. per Ramp for Entering Passengers on Rear Platform ofKansas City Car The special equipment consists of Metropolitan StreetRailway standard sanders, radial couplers, corru
. Electric railway journal . Interior of Kansas City Car, Looking Toward RearPlatform The electrical equipment consists of four WestinghouseNo. 306 interpole motors with single-end K-35 control. Allthe power wiring is run in iron conduit underneath the carfloor. The air brakes are of the National Brake & Elec-tric Companys straight-air type. The weight of the carcomplete ready to run is 48,400 lb., or 913 lb. per Ramp for Entering Passengers on Rear Platform ofKansas City Car The special equipment consists of Metropolitan StreetRailway standard sanders, radial couplers, corrugated buf-fers, International fare registers, Consolidated electricheaters, Faraday buzzers. United States No. 1583 head-lights, Eclipse fenders, Peacock hand brakes, cast-steelbody bolsters and Curtain Supply Companys No. 49 Pant-asote curtains. TWO NEW TYPES OF SINGLE-MOTOR TRUCKS The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., haverecently built for the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Companyand the Richmond & Henrico Electric Railway two types ofsingle-motor trucks in which several new features areembodied. The trucks built for the Philadelphia RapidTransit Company are designated by the builders as class54-18-M. They have a wheel base of 54 in. and are de-signed to carry a load of 18,000 lb. on the center truck carries a GE-70 motor supported with the Bald-win system of equalizing beams over the journal boxe
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