. The Street railway journal . cars, the Brill No. 23 truckis used, although fifty-four of the companys double truckcars are mounted on maximum traction trucks. The com-pany has not 3et put into operation any Robinson radialtrucks, but regards the principle with favor. MOTORS. There are 529 double motor equipments made up of119 G. E. 800, 30 G. E. 1200 and 380 WestinghouseNo. 3. Of these the General Electric are the latest added. Every motor is inspected once a week with a volt-meter and is thoroughly overhauled once every forty daysover the pit. At this time the motor is tested for armaturecl
. The Street railway journal . cars, the Brill No. 23 truckis used, although fifty-four of the companys double truckcars are mounted on maximum traction trucks. The com-pany has not 3et put into operation any Robinson radialtrucks, but regards the principle with favor. MOTORS. There are 529 double motor equipments made up of119 G. E. 800, 30 G. E. 1200 and 380 WestinghouseNo. 3. Of these the General Electric are the latest added. Every motor is inspected once a week with a volt-meter and is thoroughly overhauled once every forty daysover the pit. At this time the motor is tested for armatureclearance, is thoroughly cleaned, the worn parts of thetruck and brakes are renewed and the bolts are all tight-ened up. The bearings in the axle boxes are cast of standardbabbitt, no lead being used. Their life is from 20,000 to30,000 miles, depending upon the size of the car. Thearmature bearings are made of the same composition and alife of from 10,000 to 20,000 miles is obtained frora th^m,depending upon the size of the
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