. The Street railway journal . e general impression given by thePeckam motor trucks was one of solidityand strength—a strength sufficient tocarry any burdens which might be placed upon them. This impression is largely due to the use of cantileverbridge truss construction, by which it is claimed that great strengthis gained with the least weight of material. At the same time, thePeckham trucks appear to the casual observer to be almost made up ofsprings, so carefully is this most important condition of perfectflexibility provided for. The Westinghouse motors, which were of the latest type, were
. The Street railway journal . e general impression given by thePeckam motor trucks was one of solidityand strength—a strength sufficient tocarry any burdens which might be placed upon them. This impression is largely due to the use of cantileverbridge truss construction, by which it is claimed that great strengthis gained with the least weight of material. At the same time, thePeckham trucks appear to the casual observer to be almost made up ofsprings, so carefully is this most important condition of perfectflexibility provided for. The Westinghouse motors, which were of the latest type, were sus-pended from longitudinal channel bars running over the motor andresting on the truck frame through spiral springs—a neat and ingeniousdevice. The General Electric motors were fastened to the truck bymeans of the peculiar and well known methods of support devised bythe General Electric Company. The Sperry car, exhibited at the Convention, Vas also mountedupon Peckham trucks which had been specially adapted by the Peck-.
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