. The street railway review . vestibules are not builtwith any intention of bucking wagons off the track, butMr. Tindolph reports it a great protection to his men andit serves to break the wind from the car. Vestibules areeasily removed without disecting, during the summer. r74 ^IJwiiJ^aAWjc^^ ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP. THE old adage about plentj of room at the top ofthe ladder was pressed rather hard in this city onthe occasion of Chicago Day at the Worlds views are of electric cars, on the Chicago CityRailway lines, equipped with Westinghouse motors andMcGuire trucks. are, first, less
. The street railway review . vestibules are not builtwith any intention of bucking wagons off the track, butMr. Tindolph reports it a great protection to his men andit serves to break the wind from the car. Vestibules areeasily removed without disecting, during the summer. r74 ^IJwiiJ^aAWjc^^ ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP. THE old adage about plentj of room at the top ofthe ladder was pressed rather hard in this city onthe occasion of Chicago Day at the Worlds views are of electric cars, on the Chicago CityRailway lines, equipped with Westinghouse motors andMcGuire trucks. are, first, less initial cost, second, less power consump-tion on light loads, third, fewer parts to inspect and keepin repair, fourth, less weight. The advantage of doubleequipment is ability to stand heavy loading without lower-ing the efficiency. This may be in the form of pullingtrailers and climbing grades or bucking snow and smash-ing through the ice. For some of these uses the singlemotor is absolutely barred out. This brings us around. SINGLE AS AGAINST DOUBLE MOTOREQUIPMENT. WHILE the single motor equipment undoubt-edly has its place, it is a question whether ithas not been adopted too much in the this discussion, bevel gear motors are left out of theaccount, the term single equipment being applied only tothe common single reduction motor mounted on one tests on the Chicago City Railway published in theReview last month show how easy it is to overload asingle motor of the size ordinarily put on. For lighttraffic on a level road with light cars, and with conditionsalways favorable as to weather, etc., the single equip-ment is undoubtedly the best. How often do these con-ditions prevail? A little thought will soon show that itis very seldom. The points in favor of single equipment in substance to the previous question—how man} motorcars are there that will not be subjected to such tryingconditions in regular work ? The answer to this ques-tion should determine the numb
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