. The Street railway journal . ONE OF THE SPRINGFIELD CONSOLIDATED COMPANYS CARSFURNISHED WITH HIGH FOLDING GATES 2 ins. lower than any other single truck. The interiors arefinished in cherry, with decorated birch ceilings, giving abright and attractive appearance. Besides having folding ves-tibule doors, the platform entrances are provided with highfolding gates. The platform timbers are reinforced with angleiron, and angle-iron bumpers additionally strengthen and pro-. LONGITUDINAL SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF SPRING-FIELD CAR tect them. The length of the cars is 32 ft. over the crown pieces,and 2
. The Street railway journal . ONE OF THE SPRINGFIELD CONSOLIDATED COMPANYS CARSFURNISHED WITH HIGH FOLDING GATES 2 ins. lower than any other single truck. The interiors arefinished in cherry, with decorated birch ceilings, giving abright and attractive appearance. Besides having folding ves-tibule doors, the platform entrances are provided with highfolding gates. The platform timbers are reinforced with angleiron, and angle-iron bumpers additionally strengthen and pro-. LONGITUDINAL SEATING ARRANGEMENT OF SPRING-FIELD CAR tect them. The length of the cars is 32 ft. over the crown pieces,and 22 ft. over end panels. The width over the sills, including thepanels, is 6 ft. 3 ins., and over the posts at the belt, 7 ft. 534ins.; sweep of posts, 7% ins.; centers of posts, 32 9-32 side sills are 3^4 his. x 7 ins., and the end sills are 3^4 6 ins., with 7-in. x T4-in. sill plates on the outside. Thethickness of the corner posts is 3)4 ins., and of the side posts,1^4 ins. The cars are equipped with folding gates, angle-ironbumpers, Dedenda gongs and other Brill specialties. Thetruck-wheel base is 8 ft., and the wheel diameter is 33 ins. io86 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 25. NEW OIL CIRCUIT BREAKERS The new automatic oil circuit breaker, known as electrically-operated type E, recently introduced by the Westinghouse Elec-tric & Manufacturing Company, is shown in the accompanyingillustration. It is adapted to distant control and is de
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