. Electric railway review . haft. drives the car forward, and theother drives the car backward. The wheels of this car are made of cast steel, to securethe advantage of extreme lightness, combined with the neces-sary strength and durability. The body is mounted on long springs, which absorb allvibration. The car is handsomely finished, and the seats wellupholstered in leather. A railing is provided around the topof car, so that light can be carried. The new line of the Oregon Electric Railway from Port-laud to Salem. Ore., is expected be in operation by .lanuary 1. 840 ELECTRIC RAILWA
. Electric railway review . haft. drives the car forward, and theother drives the car backward. The wheels of this car are made of cast steel, to securethe advantage of extreme lightness, combined with the neces-sary strength and durability. The body is mounted on long springs, which absorb allvibration. The car is handsomely finished, and the seats wellupholstered in leather. A railing is provided around the topof car, so that light can be carried. The new line of the Oregon Electric Railway from Port-laud to Salem. Ore., is expected be in operation by .lanuary 1. 840 ELECTRIC RAILWAY REVIEW Vol. XVIU, Xo. lil. ELECTRIC SWITCHING LOCOMOTIVE FOR BUSH TER-MINAL COMPANY. The Bush Terminal Company emi)loys for switching pur-poses around its extensive docks and warehouses in SouthBrooklyn a number of steam locomotives and one electriclocomotive. This latter was built by the General ElectricCompany about three years ago and has given such satisfac-tion, in the way of tonnage capacity, ease of control and low. Electric Locomotive for the Bush Terminal Railway—Exterior. cost of maintenance, that the company recently ordered asecond electric locomotive. The new machine has just been completed jointly by theGeneral Electric Company and American Locomotive Com-pany. The truck is a bar-frame equalized design, but the con- Iransniitted to the equalizers through one semi-elliptic springon each side, instead of through bolster springs and helicalside springs, as is the customary construction in the so-calledM. C. B. equalized truck. This produces a simple, substantialform of truck, suitable for locomotive service, and having alow cost of maintenance in such service. The driving axles are 6 inches in diameter, of forgedsteel, with 36-inch fused steel-tired wheels. Each truck isequipped with two GE-r>5-A (90-horsei)ower) 2-turn motors,with a gear ratio of 52 to 21. These motors with this gearingwill give at their 1-hour rating a tractive effort of 3,00frpounds per mot
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