. The street railway review . COMMEMORATIVE OF A GREAT ADVANCE IN RAILROAH DEVELOPMENT. weight on its coupled drivers, it was in 1851 the largeststeam locomotive. The heavy grades over the Allegha-nies called forth its design. The electric locomotive isthe 96-ton affair described in our January, 1895, best performance is the starting on a grade and pull-ing through the tunnel of 44 loaded frieght cars andthree steam locomotives, exerting 60,000 pounds draw-bar pull at the start. This was done without slipping Louis the other day, an old lady, 79 years of age, sud-denly started across
. The street railway review . COMMEMORATIVE OF A GREAT ADVANCE IN RAILROAH DEVELOPMENT. weight on its coupled drivers, it was in 1851 the largeststeam locomotive. The heavy grades over the Allegha-nies called forth its design. The electric locomotive isthe 96-ton affair described in our January, 1895, best performance is the starting on a grade and pull-ing through the tunnel of 44 loaded frieght cars andthree steam locomotives, exerting 60,000 pounds draw-bar pull at the start. This was done without slipping Louis the other day, an old lady, 79 years of age, sud-denly started across the track, in the middle of a block,just as a car approached. There was not time to stop,so the quick witted motorman snatched a broom whichwas on the platform and reaching out with it pushed theold lady to one side knocking her four feet. The slightscalp wound and scratch on the cheek resulting are notserious. 724 (jtoi£ct5{ailw2i)^5^Vle\/. LORD BALTIMORE BEARING TRUCKS. HONESTY OF PURPOSE NOT ENOUGH. Realizing the demand that is beginning to arise forstrong, simple, easy riding swivel trucks for high speedinterurban roads, we show in the accompanying engrav-ings, two beautiful trucks, of excellent mechanical design,produced by the Baltimore Car Wheel Company, for afaster and heavier service. These trucks are made witheither fixed or swing body bolsters, the heavier onesusing journals 8 inches by 2% inches, both have many ofthe valuable features of the well-known Lord weight of car body and load is supported by halfelliptic springs, flexibly hung from the truck frames, allcushioned by volute springs between axle boxes andpedestals. The entire space between axles and sideframes is available for motors, the bolsters being aboveand resting directly upon half elliptic body springs. Thiscompany also makes a maximum truck upon same linesand having all the desirable features embodied in theabove. In all, the brake
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