. The Street railway journal . work, where wire bonds are STOCKThe same cars are used on both the electric and rack divi-sions, but on the rack division, as stated, the cars are hauledby a special rack locomotive. To make possible a 35-minuteheadway turnouts have been built at each end of the rackdivision. Only three motor cars and one rack locomotive arerequired to carry out this schedule. The present equipmentconsists of three motor cars and two locomotives. The carshave single trucks, of ft. ( m) wheel base, and weigh16,800 lbs. (8400 kg) each, without motors. The motors
. The Street railway journal . work, where wire bonds are STOCKThe same cars are used on both the electric and rack divi-sions, but on the rack division, as stated, the cars are hauledby a special rack locomotive. To make possible a 35-minuteheadway turnouts have been built at each end of the rackdivision. Only three motor cars and one rack locomotive arerequired to carry out this schedule. The present equipmentconsists of three motor cars and two locomotives. The carshave single trucks, of ft. ( m) wheel base, and weigh16,800 lbs. (8400 kg) each, without motors. The motors are ofthe direct-current series type, and are built somewhat largerthan would otherwise be required, on account of heavy gradesand warm climate. All cars are built in three sections, eachof which has a separate side door. The seating capacity iseight passengers per section, with additional room for six pas-sengers on the platform. The sides of the car are cut off half-way to the roof, but in stormy weather the openings may be. ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN RACK LOCOMOTIVE closed by waterproof curtains. To provide for baggage, oneof the three divisions is furnished with seats which may beturned up when necessary. The side walls of this compart- May 7, 1904.] STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 695 ment are removable. The cars are equipped with bow trolleys. Owing to the severe grades each car is furnished with twoindependent sets of braking apparatus. The first consists of apowerful spindle brake, furnished with eight brake-shoes,which can be operated from either platform. The second con-sists of an electric short-circuiting brake combined with anelectromagnetic track brake. To overcome slippery rails twosanders are supplied at each end of the car. When the motorcars are used on the rack division they are pushed by the electriclocomotive so that no brakes are required; the rack locomotiveis equipped with four independent brakes, each of which iscapable of controlling both locomotive and car. The rac
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