. The Street railway journal . n. as stated, was 18 ft. in length and had six windows. shows the car sawn in two, and Fig. 3 with the two endsseparated, ready to receive the piece which is built in themiddle of the car. As will be noticed, the side sills are cutapart on a dovetail and the interior framing of the car hasbeen entirely removed. Fig. 4 shows the car with the sides spliced by the intro-duction of a sill insertion and two additional panels. Theframe has also been completed and the car is ready for the 5/2 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No 9. sheathing. As the sills in the n
. The Street railway journal . n. as stated, was 18 ft. in length and had six windows. shows the car sawn in two, and Fig. 3 with the two endsseparated, ready to receive the piece which is built in themiddle of the car. As will be noticed, the side sills are cutapart on a dovetail and the interior framing of the car hasbeen entirely removed. Fig. 4 shows the car with the sides spliced by the intro-duction of a sill insertion and two additional panels. Theframe has also been completed and the car is ready for the 5/2 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XV. No 9. sheathing. As the sills in the new car are used only tohold the uprights, and are not depended upon for strength,a large steel angle is fitted to each side, as shown in Fig. angle forms the real sill of the car. In addition to theangle iron, a truss is placed behind the seats to reinforcethis angle. The end of the truss rod is shown below theangle in Fig. 6, which represents the car in its finishedcondition, ready to receive the trucks. The cars, when. FIG. 4.—VIEW AFTER INSERTION OF PANELS finished, have a 24-ft. body, the length being increased justone-third. When in use they are not carried on the singletruck shown in the engraving, but on Brill maximumtraction trucks. Off-Hand Trolley-Pole Repairs Accidents to trolley poles are frequent, owing to theliability of the wheels to jump the wire. The force of the
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