. The Street railway journal . - -— St A NEW TYPE OF TROLLEY. One of its special features is its few parts, which are allinterchangeable. Any part can be removed in a veryfew minutes and a new part replaced. This trolley is claimed to be especially good forbridge work, as it has a low base, and as no chains orside springs are used, can be carried down level with thetop of the car. It has only one spiral spring encased in acast iron frame, making it very firm and rigid, and as thepole works on sprockets in conjunction with a half The Foster The accompanying illustrations di
. The Street railway journal . - -— St A NEW TYPE OF TROLLEY. One of its special features is its few parts, which are allinterchangeable. Any part can be removed in a veryfew minutes and a new part replaced. This trolley is claimed to be especially good forbridge work, as it has a low base, and as no chains orside springs are used, can be carried down level with thetop of the car. It has only one spiral spring encased in acast iron frame, making it very firm and rigid, and as thepole works on sprockets in conjunction with a half The Foster The accompanying illustrations display a new safetyguard for trolley and cable cars now placed on the mar-ket by the Foster Automatic Safety Guard Company of150 Broadway, New York. A test of this fender onhuman beings has been made on the Hillside division ofthe North Hudson County Railway Company with grati-fying results. The advantages claimed for this safety guard overother types are as follows: The front fender in its normal position can be madeto run over the roadbed at a height above the track ofthree inches or less, according to the condition of theroadbed. The fender is attached to the truck of thecar in such a manner that it can be made to run flushwith the dashboard, thereby making it possible to trailcars without any delay or inconvenience. The safetyguard when struck automatically releases a cradle whichinstantaneously drops from beneath the platform of thecar and runs forward on wheels on the crown of the track,three feet in front of the car, and prevents any possibilityo
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