. Electric railway journal . FIG. 7—VIEW OF VESTIBULE HOOD SHOWING DOORCONTROL SWITCHES With this system the engines can be operated in or-dinary service for about two years without relubrica-tion. Four-Motor Equipment Was ChosenThe motive power consists of four General Electric247-C motors with type-PC multiple-unit control. Eachcar has two Ohio Brass type-Z headlights and the neces-sary circuit arrangements to permit the application ofa portable headlight. Interior illumination is secured 9 ■ from ten 23-watt Mazda lamps spaced along the centerof the car ceiling, and one light on each platfo
. Electric railway journal . FIG. 7—VIEW OF VESTIBULE HOOD SHOWING DOORCONTROL SWITCHES With this system the engines can be operated in or-dinary service for about two years without relubrica-tion. Four-Motor Equipment Was ChosenThe motive power consists of four General Electric247-C motors with type-PC multiple-unit control. Eachcar has two Ohio Brass type-Z headlights and the neces-sary circuit arrangements to permit the application ofa portable headlight. Interior illumination is secured 9 ■ from ten 23-watt Mazda lamps spaced along the centerof the car ceiling, and one light on each car-lighting fixtures with heavy density opalreflectors constitute the accessory equipment. Each caris also equipped with Nichols-Lintern automatic taillights, of which a complete description was publishedin the Electric Railway Journal for Aug. 3, 203. These lights permit the safe and economical. 408 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 52, No. 10 operation of the cars on the necessarily congestedtracks. Brill 77-E-l trucks carry the car bodies. These truckshave a 5-ft. 9-in. wheelbase and are equipped with steel wheels. The wheels are mounted on Valleysteel, heat-treated, standard E-5 axles. The trucks areprovided with standard Brill center bearings, Perry sidebearings, Anderson slack adjusters, Brill cast-steelbolsters, the Brill graduated spring arrangement, theBrill bolster guide arrangement, and Brill semi-steeljournal boxes. Interior Arrangement Provides AmpleStanding Room As illustrated, the cars are equipped with longitudinalseats of the wooden slat type. This arrangement givesa seating capacity of fifty-two persons and providesfor large standing capacity. As many as 200 passengershave been carried per car during the rush-hour motormans folding seat of the Keystone type, ar-ranged to fold against the inside vestibule lining, isinstalled in each end of t
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