. Electric railway journal . otors, trucks, air brakes and all other acces-sories, is only 30,540 lb. This is apportioned amongthe parts of the car approximately as follows, the fig-ures being estimated but checked against the actual to-tal scale weight. Car body 15,2 5 0 lb. Trucks 9,5 5 7 lb. Electrical equipment, ex- Motors 3,497 1b. eluding motors 1,220 1b. Known weight of car - Air brake equipment. .. .1,016 lb. complete 30,540 1b. The unusually low total weight for a unit of this size,was made possible by adopting the Baldwin class62/18/C arch bar type of truck with 26-in. wheels anda 5-
. Electric railway journal . otors, trucks, air brakes and all other acces-sories, is only 30,540 lb. This is apportioned amongthe parts of the car approximately as follows, the fig-ures being estimated but checked against the actual to-tal scale weight. Car body 15,2 5 0 lb. Trucks 9,5 5 7 lb. Electrical equipment, ex- Motors 3,497 1b. eluding motors 1,220 1b. Known weight of car - Air brake equipment. .. .1,016 lb. complete 30,540 1b. The unusually low total weight for a unit of this size,was made possible by adopting the Baldwin class62/18/C arch bar type of truck with 26-in. wheels anda 5-ft., 2-in. wheelbase, and by installing a new type ofGeneral Electric motor, No. 258, which is of the ven-tilated type, and has a rated capacity of 25 hp. Fourmotors are used, one on each axle, thus securing themaximum possible adhesion which is necessary on ac-count of heavy grades and rapid rates of acceleration. The car body is made of light, all-steel length of the platforms, 5 ft. 6 in., was selected so. WILMINGTON CARS—SIDE VIEW SHOWING STEPLESS PLATFORMS June 24, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 1169
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