. The Street railway journal . PLAN VIEW OF SWEEPER, SHOWING THE STEEL FRAME, WITH DIAGONAL ENDS, FOR CARRYING THE REVOLVING BROOMS in recent years, and there are bright prospects of further rapidgrowth. Each car measures 20 ft over the body and 29 ft. over thecrown pieces. The width over sills, including the panels, is. with a steel frame having diagonal ends, which carry the re-volving brooms. The brooms are carried far enough in ad-vance of the car platform so that when out on interurban trackthe snow curtains can be removed so as to throw snow en-tirely clear of the track, after the manner
. The Street railway journal . PLAN VIEW OF SWEEPER, SHOWING THE STEEL FRAME, WITH DIAGONAL ENDS, FOR CARRYING THE REVOLVING BROOMS in recent years, and there are bright prospects of further rapidgrowth. Each car measures 20 ft over the body and 29 ft. over thecrown pieces. The width over sills, including the panels, is. with a steel frame having diagonal ends, which carry the re-volving brooms. The brooms are carried far enough in ad-vance of the car platform so that when out on interurban trackthe snow curtains can be removed so as to throw snow en-tirely clear of the track, after the manner of a rotary revolving broom cleans clear down to the rail, which, ofcourse, is more than can be done with a plow which must havea certain amount of clearance above the rail. This change makes the plow efficacious on interurban lines,where it can clear drifts as deep as 4 ft., as in Joliet and Den-ver. Other large interurban railway companies which dependon this type of sweeper for the removal of snow are: TheElgin, Aurora & Southern; Toledo, Bowling Green & South-ern; Chicago General; Ashtabula Rapid Transit; St. Louis &Suburban ; Joliet & Plainfield. ♦♦♦ ■ INTERIOR OF LEXINGTON CAR 6 ft. 3 ins., and over the posts at the belt, 7 ft. 5^ ins. Thesweep of the posts is 8 ins. The di
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